TOMCAT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TOMCAT 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 TOMCAT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOMCAT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOMCAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tomcatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOMCAT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TOMCAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 275,938.
What stands out about TOMCAT
- TOMCAT 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 TOMCAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
An adult male cat, especially one that roams freely and has not been neutered.
The name comes from an eighteenth-century story about a cat called Tom, and over time the plain word "tom" came to mean any male cat. A tomcat is typically larger than a female, with a broad head, and is known for wandering far and for fighting over territory. The word is written either as one word or with a hyphen, and it is also the name of several military aircraft.
How TOMCAT is used
Everyday word, written as tomcat or tom-cat.
- A big grey tomcat sat on the fence all morning.
- The neighbours' tomcat came home with a torn ear.
- At night the howling of a tomcat woke the whole street.
- Our tomcat vanishes for days and then walks in as if nothing happened.
- The shelter found a home for the stray tomcat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOMCAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOMCAT
4 longer words begin with TOMCAT.
Shorter words from the letters in TOMCAT
Common questions about TOMCAT
- Is TOMCAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOMCAT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOMCAT worth?
- TOMCAT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOMCAT mean?
- An adult male cat, especially one that roams freely and has not been neutered.
- What letters can be added to TOMCAT?
- TOMCAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TOMCAT:
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