CATS
/kæts/
4 letters · 1 syllable · noun, verb
Definition of CATS
An animal of the family Felidae:
A person:
A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
To vomit.
A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
Synonyms of CATS
Words with similar meaning
Examples of CATS in a Sentence
- "a carrier's bow cats"
- "I wouldn't put this book in the same category as the author's first novel."
- "Just as a monoid consists of an underlying set with a binary operation "on top of it" which is closed, associative and with an identity, a category consists of an underlying digraph with an arrow composition operation "on top of it" which is transitively closed, associative, and with an identity at each object. In fact, a category's composition operation, when restricted to a single one of its objects, turns that object's set of arrows (which would all be loops) into a monoid."
Word Details
Is CATS a Scrabble Word?
Yes, CATS is a valid word in the following dictionaries:
Tip: Short words like CATS are excellent for parallel plays and tight board positions in Scrabble.
Letter Values for CATS
Point breakdown for each letter in Scrabble and Words With Friends.
| Letter | c | a | t | s | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrabble | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| WWF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Words You Can Make With the Letters in CATS
13 words from the letters in CATS
4-letter words
3-letter words
2-letter words
How to Use CATS in Word Games
CATS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends, making it a modest-scoring word.
Short word advantage: CATS is only 4 letters, making it ideal for parallel plays where you form multiple words simultaneously by placing tiles adjacent to existing words on the board.
Looking for more words from these letters? Unscramble CATS to find 13 additional valid words.