CATERESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CATERESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATERESS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATERESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATERESS
No single letter turns CATERESS into another word.
How CATERESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CATERESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATERESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATERESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
A woman who provides food and drink for events as a business.
Cateress is the old feminine form of caterer, built with the -ess ending that modern English has mostly dropped. Today the plain word caterer is used for both men and women.
How CATERESS is used
Cateress is dated and rarely seen outside old texts or word lists.
- The cateress arrived early to set up the wedding breakfast.
- An old advertisement offered the services of a skilled cateress.
- The cateress kept the soup warm until the guests were seated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATERESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CATERESS
The 8 tiles of CATERESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CATERESS
1 longer words begin with CATERESS.
Shorter words from the letters in CATERESS
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Common questions about CATERESS
- Is CATERESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATERESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATERESS worth?
- CATERESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATERESS mean?
- A woman who provides food and drink for events as a business.
- What letters can be added to CATERESS?
- No single letter can be added to CATERESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CATERESS:
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