CATGUT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CATGUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATGUT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATGUT is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATGUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catgutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATGUT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CATGUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 367,917.
What does CATGUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tough cord made from the dried and twisted intestines of sheep or other animals, used for musical strings and surgical stitches.
Despite the name, cats are not the source; the material comes from sheep and goats, and the origin of the first half of the word is uncertain. Catgut strings gave older violins, harps and lutes their warm tone, and many players still prefer them to steel. Surgeons also used it as a thread that the body slowly absorbs, and tennis rackets were once strung with it too.
How CATGUT is used
Used in music and in the history of medicine; modern surgery mostly uses synthetic thread.
- The lutenist replaced a broken string with fresh catgut.
- Early tennis rackets were strung with catgut.
- The surgeon closed the wound with catgut that would dissolve on its own.
- Gut strings, often called catgut, sound softer than steel ones.
- A coil of catgut hung on the workshop wall beside the bows.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATGUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATGUT
1 longer words begin with CATGUT.
Shorter words from the letters in CATGUT
Common questions about CATGUT
- Is CATGUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATGUT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATGUT worth?
- CATGUT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATGUT mean?
- A tough cord made from the dried and twisted intestines of sheep or other animals, used for musical strings and surgical stitches.
- What letters can be added to CATGUT?
- CATGUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CATGUT:
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