WILDCATTING is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. WILDCATTING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WILDCATTING?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WILDCATTING is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WILDCATTING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wildcattingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WILDCATTING scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in WILDCATTING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WILDCATTING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WILDCATTING mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
The risky practice of drilling for oil in an area not known to hold any.
Wildcatting is a gamble: most holes come up dry, but one strike can make a fortune. The name comes from an exploratory well called a wildcat.
How WILDCATTING is used
Used in the oil and gas industry and in talk of speculation.
- Wildcatting made him rich in a single year.
- The company gave up wildcatting after three dry wells.
- Wildcatting in new basins is expensive and uncertain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WILDCATTING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WILDCATTING
1 longer words begin with WILDCATTING.
Shorter words from the letters in WILDCATTING
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Common questions about WILDCATTING
- Is WILDCATTING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WILDCATTING, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WILDCATTING worth?
- WILDCATTING is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WILDCATTING mean?
- The risky practice of drilling for oil in an area not known to hold any.
- What letters can be added to WILDCATTING?
- WILDCATTING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of WILDCATTING:
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