CATECHU is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CATECHU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATECHU?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATECHU is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATECHU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catechusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATECHU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CATECHU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does CATECHU mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A brown, astringent extract made from the heartwood of certain Asian acacia trees, used in tanning and dyeing.
Catechu is rich in tannin, which is why leather workers and dyers valued it. It has also been chewed with betel and used in traditional medicine.
How CATECHU is used
Catechu is a trade and botanical word for the extract, not the tree.
- The tanner boiled catechu to prepare the hides.
- Catechu gives cloth a warm brown colour.
- Traders shipped catechu from India to Europe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATECHU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATECHU
11 longer words begin with CATECHU.
Shorter words from the letters in CATECHU
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Common questions about CATECHU
- Is CATECHU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATECHU, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATECHU worth?
- CATECHU is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATECHU mean?
- A brown, astringent extract made from the heartwood of certain Asian acacia trees, used in tanning and dyeing.
- What letters can be added to CATECHU?
- CATECHU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CATECHU:
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