CATCHPENNY is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. CATCHPENNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATCHPENNY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATCHPENNY is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATCHPENNY
No single letter turns CATCHPENNY into another word.
How CATCHPENNY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CATCHPENNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATCHPENNY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATCHPENNY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Cheap and showy, made only to attract quick sales without regard for quality.
Catchpenny items look tempting at first but fall apart or disappoint soon after the money is spent. Critics describe a catchpenny book or show as one that chases sales instead of merit.
How CATCHPENNY is used
Catchpenny is also a noun for such a worthless article, though that sense is now rare.
- The market stall sold catchpenny trinkets to tourists.
- He dismissed the film as a catchpenny sequel.
- A catchpenny pamphlet promised to make readers rich overnight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATCHPENNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CATCHPENNY
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Common questions about CATCHPENNY
- Is CATCHPENNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATCHPENNY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATCHPENNY worth?
- CATCHPENNY is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATCHPENNY mean?
- Cheap and showy, made only to attract quick sales without regard for quality.
- What letters can be added to CATCHPENNY?
- No single letter can be added to CATCHPENNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CATCHPENNY:
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