CATE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. CATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does CATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A cate is a delicacy or specially chosen item of food, prepared as a treat rather than as ordinary daily fare.
In older English writing, a cate was a tasty or fancy dish set apart from plain, everyday food, something offered to guests or eaten on special occasions. The word is now rarely used in the singular, and is more often met in its plural form cates, describing a whole spread of delicacies laid out on a table. A single cate still means one such choice, tempting item of food.
How CATE is used
Archaic; found in older literature and in deliberately old-fashioned writing rather than modern speech.
- On the feast table lay every rare cate the cook could prepare.
- He offered his guest a cate so fine it seemed wasted on daily use.
- The old recipe book calls the dish a cate fit for a lord.
- Merchants sold each cate at a price far above ordinary bread.
- She described the pastry as a delicate cate brought from the coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CATE
The 4 tiles of CATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CATE
Showing 24 of 120 words that begin with CATE.
Words ending in CATE
Showing 24 of 202 words that end in CATE. Useful as a back hook: play CATE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CATE inside
Showing 24 of 428 words that contain CATE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CATE
Common questions about CATE
- Is CATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATE worth?
- CATE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATE mean?
- A cate is a delicacy or specially chosen item of food, prepared as a treat rather than as ordinary daily fare.
- What letters can be added to CATE?
- CATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CATE:
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