TIPCAT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TIPCAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIPCAT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIPCAT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIPCAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tipcatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIPCAT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TIPCAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 245,278.
What stands out about TIPCAT
- TIPCAT 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 TIPCAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An old children's game in which a short piece of wood, sharpened at both ends, is struck on one tip so that it springs up and is hit away.
In tipcat the small wooden piece is the "cat", and the player flips it into the air with a stick before knocking it as far as possible. The game was played in village streets and fields for centuries and is often counted among the ancestors of baseball and cricket. The word tipcat can name either the game or the little piece of wood used in it.
How TIPCAT is used
Mostly met in historical writing and in older novels about country childhood.
- The boys spent the whole afternoon playing tipcat on the village green.
- He cut a tipcat from a broken broom handle and sharpened both ends.
- In the old picture, two children stand over a tipcat with sticks raised.
- Some writers trace the rules of baseball back to tipcat.
- My grandfather still remembered a game of tipcat from his school days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIPCAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TIPCAT
1 longer words begin with TIPCAT.
Shorter words from the letters in TIPCAT
Common questions about TIPCAT
- Is TIPCAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIPCAT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIPCAT worth?
- TIPCAT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIPCAT mean?
- An old children's game in which a short piece of wood, sharpened at both ends, is struck on one tip so that it springs up and is hit away.
- What letters can be added to TIPCAT?
- TIPCAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TIPCAT:
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