CATHARTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CATHARTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATHARTIC?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATHARTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATHARTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catharticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATHARTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CATHARTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATHARTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CATHARTIC
- CATHARTIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CATHARTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Providing emotional relief by letting strong feelings out, or acting as a purge of the bowels.
A cathartic experience leaves you lighter after a good cry, a loud song or an honest talk. In medicine the word can also describe a strong laxative, which is the original, physical sense.
How CATHARTIC is used
Used for emotional release and, in medicine, for purgative drugs.
- Writing the letter was a cathartic experience for her.
- The film's ending felt strangely cathartic.
- He found a long run cathartic after the stressful week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATHARTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATHARTIC
3 longer words begin with CATHARTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CATHARTIC
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Common questions about CATHARTIC
- Is CATHARTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATHARTIC, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATHARTIC worth?
- CATHARTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATHARTIC mean?
- Providing emotional relief by letting strong feelings out, or acting as a purge of the bowels.
- What letters can be added to CATHARTIC?
- CATHARTIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CATHARTIC:
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