CATENA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CATENA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATENA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATENA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATENA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATENA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CATENA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does CATENA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A connected series or chain of things, especially a compiled series of early Christian commentaries on a passage of scripture.
Catena, Latin for chain, was first used for compilations in which scholars strung together short comments by early Church Fathers on a single verse or passage of the Bible, creating a chain of authoritative interpretation. From that specialised use, English borrowed catena more generally for any closely linked series of ideas, texts or objects arranged so each part connects logically to the one before and after it. The word remains mostly a bookish, scholarly term rather than an everyday one.
How CATENA is used
A scholarly, largely literary term, most familiar in theology for a chain of commentary and more loosely for any connected series.
- The monk compiled a catena of commentaries on the Gospel of John.
- Her argument formed a careful catena of linked evidence.
- Scholars still consult medieval catenas when studying early biblical interpretation.
- The essay built a catena of examples leading to its conclusion.
- A catena of small islands stretched along the coastline.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATENA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATENA
15 longer words begin with CATENA.
Shorter words from the letters in CATENA
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Common questions about CATENA
- Is CATENA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATENA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATENA worth?
- CATENA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATENA mean?
- A connected series or chain of things, especially a compiled series of early Christian commentaries on a passage of scripture.
- What letters can be added to CATENA?
- CATENA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CATENA:
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