MUDCAT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MUDCAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUDCAT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUDCAT is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUDCAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mudcatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MUDCAT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MUDCAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does MUDCAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americaninformal
A large catfish that lives in the muddy bottoms of rivers in the central and southern United States.
Anglers along the Mississippi and its tributaries use mudcat for several big freshwater catfish, especially the flathead. The fish lies in deep, slow, silty water and is prized for its firm white flesh. The name is simply a description of where the creature lives. In older regional speech it was also a nickname for a person from Mississippi.
How MUDCAT is used
Regional and informal; fishing talk in the American Midwest and South.
- He hauled a ten-pound mudcat out of the slow river.
- The mudcat hid under a log at the bottom of the pool.
- Fried mudcat was the main dish at the church supper.
- Every summer the boys went to the creek hoping for a mudcat.
- A mudcat will take almost any bait left near the bank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUDCAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MUDCAT
1 longer words begin with MUDCAT.
Shorter words from the letters in MUDCAT
Common questions about MUDCAT
- Is MUDCAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUDCAT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUDCAT worth?
- MUDCAT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUDCAT mean?
- A large catfish that lives in the muddy bottoms of rivers in the central and southern United States.
- What letters can be added to MUDCAT?
- MUDCAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MUDCAT:
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