Is CATASTROPHE a word?
CATASTROPHE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends, has 11 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, CATASTROPHE is a valid word.
What does catastrophe mean?
noun: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
“the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
CATASTROPHE: word details
- Pronunciation: kuh-TAST-ruh-fee (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 11 letters, a long word. It is one of 28,045 11-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 19 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside catastrophe
Words you can make from the letters of catastrophe.
Solve a whole rack, not just CATASTROPHE
CATASTROPHE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does CATASTROPHE mean?
CATASTROPHE is a noun. It means: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune.
Is CATASTROPHE a valid word?
Yes, CATASTROPHE is a valid word. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.