What CATECHU Means
- noun: extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally
- noun: East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CATECHU is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 T1 E1 C3 H4 U1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CATECHU
73 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (12)
4 letter words (18)
3 letter words (28)
2 letter words (13)
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