CATHOUSE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CATHOUSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATHOUSE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATHOUSE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATHOUSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cathousesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATHOUSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CATHOUSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CATHOUSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CATHOUSE
- All 8 letters of CATHOUSE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CATHOUSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
slangNorth American
A slang word for a brothel.
Cathouse turns up in older American novels, westerns and crime stories, usually with a rough or jokey tone. It is considered crude, and modern speakers tend to avoid it in polite settings.
How CATHOUSE is used
Informal and dated, mostly seen in fiction and period dialogue.
- The film opens in a frontier cathouse.
- Old newspapers described the cathouse on the edge of town.
- The sheriff finally closed the cathouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATHOUSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CATHOUSE
The 8 tiles of CATHOUSE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CATHOUSE
1 longer words begin with CATHOUSE.
Shorter words from the letters in CATHOUSE
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Common questions about CATHOUSE
- Is CATHOUSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATHOUSE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATHOUSE worth?
- CATHOUSE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATHOUSE mean?
- A slang word for a brothel.
- What letters can be added to CATHOUSE?
- CATHOUSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CATHOUSE:
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