CATHOLICON is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CATHOLICON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATHOLICON?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATHOLICON is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATHOLICON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catholiconsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATHOLICON scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CATHOLICON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATHOLICON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CATHOLICON mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A remedy imagined to cure every illness or solve every difficulty.
The alchemists hoped to find a catholicon among their experiments, and later writers used the word with a smile for any too-good-to-be-true fix. It is close in spirit to panacea but much rarer in everyday speech.
How CATHOLICON is used
Rare and bookish, often used figuratively.
- No single catholicon will heal the economy.
- The old doctor sold a bottle he called a catholicon.
- He treated technology as a catholicon for every social problem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATHOLICON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CATHOLICON
1 longer words begin with CATHOLICON.
Shorter words from the letters in CATHOLICON
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Common questions about CATHOLICON
- Is CATHOLICON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATHOLICON, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATHOLICON worth?
- CATHOLICON is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATHOLICON mean?
- A remedy imagined to cure every illness or solve every difficulty.
- What letters can be added to CATHOLICON?
- CATHOLICON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CATHOLICON:
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