CATLING is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CATLING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CATLING?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CATLING is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CATLING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
catlingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CATLING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CATLING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does CATLING mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A long double-edged knife once used by surgeons for amputations.
A catling was a sharp-pointed surgical blade for cutting through flesh in older medicine. The word has other old senses too, among them a small cat and a fine string made of catgut for a violin or lute.
How CATLING is used
Found in historical writing on surgery and in rare older senses.
- The surgeon reached for his catling.
- A catling lay among the instruments on the tray.
- The lute was strung with a thin catling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CATLING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CATLING
The 7 tiles of CATLING in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CATLING
1 longer words begin with CATLING.
Shorter words from the letters in CATLING
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Common questions about CATLING
- Is CATLING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CATLING, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CATLING worth?
- CATLING is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CATLING mean?
- A long double-edged knife once used by surgeons for amputations.
- What letters can be added to CATLING?
- CATLING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CATLING:
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