Words Starting With CAT
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter CAT. This section showcases how CAT at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with CAT, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cat | 5 | a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work | - |
4 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cate | 6 | - | - |
| cats | 6 | - | - |
5 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| catch | 12 | reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | - |
| catty | 10 | any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) | - |
| cater | 7 | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | - |
| cates | 7 | - | - |
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cattle | 8 | domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age | so many head of cattle |
| catchy | 16 | having concealed difficulty | a catchy question |
| catsup | 10 | thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | - |
| catnip | 10 | hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats | - |
| catnap | 10 | take a siesta | - |
| cation | 8 | a positively charged ion | - |
| catgut | 9 | a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery | - |
| catkin | 12 | a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence | - |
| catalo | 8 | - | - |
| catcht | 13 | - | - |
| catcon | 10 | - | - |
| catena | 8 | a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma) | - |
| caters | 8 | - | - |
| catlin | 8 | - | - |
| catnep | 10 | - | - |
| catted | 9 | - | - |
| cattie | 8 | any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) | - |
7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| catcher | 14 | (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher | - |
| catfish | 15 | large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins | - |
| catalog | 10 | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | He is cataloguing his photographic negatives |
| caterer | 9 | someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
| catwalk | 16 | narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge) | - |
| cathode | 13 | a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device | - |
| catchup | 16 | - | - |
| catarrh | 12 | inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus | - |
| catbird | 12 | any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females | - |
| catlike | 13 | - | - |
| catling | 10 | a long double-edged knife used for amputations | - |
| catting | 10 | - | - |
| catagen | 10 | - | - |
| catalos | 9 | - | - |
| catalpa | 11 | tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods | - |
| catapan | 11 | - | - |
| catasta | 9 | - | - |
| catawba | 14 | a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas | - |
| catboat | 11 | a sailboat with a single mast set far forward | - |
| catcall | 11 | a cry expressing disapproval | - |
| catched | 15 | - | - |
| catchen | 14 | - | - |
| catches | 14 | - | - |
| catclaw | 14 | erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida | - |
| catcons | 11 | - | - |
| catechu | 14 | East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu | - |
| catelog | 10 | - | - |
| catenae | 9 | - | - |
| catenas | 9 | - | - |
| cateran | 9 | - | - |
| catered | 10 | - | - |
| catface | 14 | - | - |
| catfall | 12 | - | - |
| catflap | 14 | - | - |
| catfood | 13 | - | - |
| catguts | 10 | - | - |
| cathead | 13 | - | - |
| cathect | 14 | inject with libidinal energy | - |
| cathole | 12 | - | - |
| cathood | 13 | - | - |
| cations | 9 | - | - |
| catjang | 17 | - | - |
| catkins | 13 | - | - |
| catlins | 9 | - | - |
| catmint | 11 | hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats | - |
| catnaps | 11 | - | - |
| catneps | 11 | - | - |
| catnips | 11 | - | - |
| catskin | 13 | - | - |
| catspaw | 14 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| catholic | 15 | a member of a Catholic church | - |
| catching | 16 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| category | 14 | a collection of things sharing a common attribute | - |
| catering | 11 | providing food and services | - |
| catalyst | 13 | (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected | - |
| catapult | 12 | hurl as if with a sling | - |
| catheter | 13 | a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open | - |
| cataract | 12 | a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice | - |
| catacomb | 16 | an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) | - |
| catfight | 17 | - | - |
| catamite | 12 | a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man | - |
| cathouse | 13 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| catchier | 15 | - | - |
| catagens | 11 | - | - |
| catalase | 10 | enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water | - |
| cataloes | 10 | - | - |
| catalogs | 11 | - | - |
| catalpas | 12 | - | - |
| catalyse | 13 | change by catalysis or cause to catalyze | - |
| catalyze | 22 | change by catalysis or cause to catalyze | - |
| catapans | 12 | - | - |
| cataphor | 15 | - | - |
| catarrhs | 13 | - | - |
| catastas | 10 | - | - |
| catatony | 13 | - | - |
| catawbas | 15 | - | - |
| catbirds | 13 | - | - |
| catboats | 12 | - | - |
| catbriar | 12 | - | - |
| catbrier | 12 | a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | - |
| catcalls | 12 | - | - |
| catchall | 15 | an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends | - |
| catchcry | 20 | - | - |
| catchers | 15 | - | - |
| catchfly | 21 | any plant of the genus Silene | - |
| catchily | 18 | - | - |
| catchups | 17 | - | - |
| catclaws | 15 | - | - |
| catechin | 15 | a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance | - |
| catechol | 15 | - | - |
| catechus | 15 | - | - |
| catelogs | 11 | - | - |
| catenane | 10 | - | - |
| catenary | 13 | the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points | - |
| catenate | 10 | arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | - |
| catenoid | 11 | - | - |
| caterans | 10 | - | - |
| caterers | 10 | - | - |
| cateress | 10 | - | - |
| catfaces | 15 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| cathedral | 15 | the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | - |
| catalogue | 12 | make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | - |
| cataclysm | 18 | a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | - |
| catechism | 18 | an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers | - |
| catatonic | 13 | characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs | - |
| cathartic | 16 | strongly laxative | - |
| catamaran | 13 | a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck | - |
| cataplexy | 23 | - | - |
| catharsis | 14 | purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels | - |
| catalepsy | 16 | a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli | - |
| catatonia | 11 | a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement | - |
| catalytic | 16 | relating to or causing or involving catalysis | catalytic reactions |
| catalyzer | 23 | - | - |
| catchment | 18 | a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) | - |
| catabolic | 15 | relating to or characterized by catabolism | - |
| catalyzed | 24 | - | - |
| catchable | 18 | - | - |
| catchword | 20 | a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | - |
| catfishes | 17 | - | - |
| catabases | 13 | - | - |
| catabasis | 13 | - | - |
| catabatic | 15 | of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night | - |
| cataclasm | 15 | - | - |
| catacombs | 17 | - | - |
| catafalco | 16 | - | - |
| catalases | 11 | - | - |
| catalatic | 13 | of or relating to the enzyme catalase | - |
| catalexes | 18 | - | - |
| catalexis | 18 | the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | - |
| cataloged | 13 | - | - |
| cataloger | 12 | a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system | - |
| catalogic | 14 | - | - |
| catalogne | 12 | - | - |
| catalysed | 15 | - | - |
| catalyser | 14 | - | - |
| catalyses | 14 | - | - |
| catalysis | 14 | acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction | of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced |
| catalysts | 14 | - | - |
| catalyzes | 23 | - | - |
| catamenia | 13 | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females |
| catamites | 13 | - | - |
| catamount | 13 | large American feline resembling a lion | - |
| cataphora | 16 | - | - |
| cataphors | 16 | - | - |
| cataphyll | 19 | a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant's life (i.e., cotyledons) or in the early stages of leaf development | - |
| cataplasm | 15 | a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. | - |
| catapults | 13 | - | - |
| cataracts | 13 | - | - |
| catarhine | 14 | - | - |
| catarrhal | 14 | of or relating to a catarrh | catarrhal fever is any of several respiratory or oral diseases of livestock such as bluetongue in horses and sheep |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| categorize | 22 | place into or assign to a category | Children learn early on to categorize |
| cataleptic | 16 | a person suffering from catalepsy | - |
| catalyzing | 25 | - | - |
| categorise | 13 | place into or assign to a category | - |
| catafalque | 24 | a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral | - |
| catechized | 27 | - | - |
| catabolise | 14 | subject to catabolism | - |
| catabolism | 16 | breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | - |
| catabolite | 14 | - | - |
| catabolize | 23 | subject to catabolism | - |
| cataclases | 14 | - | - |
| cataclasis | 14 | - | - |
| cataclasms | 16 | - | - |
| cataclinal | 14 | of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata | - |
| cataclysms | 19 | - | - |
| catacumbal | 18 | - | - |
| catalectic | 16 | (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot | - |
| catalogers | 13 | - | - |
| cataloging | 14 | - | - |
| catalogise | 13 | - | - |
| catalogize | 22 | - | - |
| catalognes | 13 | - | - |
| catalogued | 14 | - | - |
| cataloguer | 13 | a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system | - |
| catalogues | 13 | - | - |
| catalysers | 15 | - | - |
| catalysing | 16 | - | - |
| catalyzers | 24 | - | - |
| catamarans | 14 | - | - |
| catamenial | 14 | of or relating to menstruation or the menses | - |
| catamounts | 14 | - | - |
| catananche | 17 | any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers | - |
| cataphonic | 19 | - | - |
| cataphoras | 17 | - | - |
| cataphoric | 19 | - | - |
| cataphract | 19 | armor that protects the wearer's whole body | - |
| cataphylls | 20 | - | - |
| cataplasia | 14 | (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form | - |
| cataplasms | 16 | - | - |
| catapulted | 15 | - | - |
| catapultic | 16 | of or like a catapult | a catapultic kind of action |
| catarhines | 15 | - | - |
| catarrhine | 15 | of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward | - |
| catarrhous | 15 | - | - |
| catastases | 12 | - | - |
| catastasis | 12 | - | - |
| catatonias | 12 | - | - |
| catatonics | 14 | - | - |
| catatonies | 12 | - | - |
| catawampus | 19 | - | - |
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