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CATS

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
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Super Big 1 pts

CATS is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

CATS root CAT-s

Word family

CAT 1 CATTING-ting 5 CATTED-ted 3
noun
  1. countableA mammal of the family Felidae.
  2. countableuncountableA carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
  3. uncountableThe flesh of this animal eaten as food.
  4. countableuncountableAny similar, chiefly non-domesticated, carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.
  5. broadlycountableChiefly with a descriptive word: an animal not of the family Felidae which (somewhat) resembles a domestic feline (etymology 1, noun sense 1.1.1).
    • civet cat polecat
  6. countablederogatoryfigurativelyoffensiveuncountableAn angry or spiteful person, especially a woman.
  7. countabledatedfigurativelyslanguncountableAn ordinary person, especially a man; a fellow, a guy.
  8. UScountablefigurativelyslanguncountableSynonym of itinerant worker.
  9. countablefigurativelyslanguncountableA jazz musician; also, an enthusiast of jazz music.
    • a jazz cat
  10. countablefigurativelyobsoleteslanguncountableSynonym of prostitute.
  11. broadlycountableuncountableA double tripod for holding a plate, etc., with six feet, of which three rest on the ground in whatever position it is placed.
  12. archaicbroadlyuncountableThe game of trap ball; also (countable), the trap in that game.
  13. archaicbroadlycountableThe pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
  14. broadlycountableuncountableA strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  15. abbreviationbroadlycountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails.
  16. archaicbroadlycountableuncountableNow only in catboat: a sturdy merchant sailing vessel.
  17. broadlycountablehistoricaluncountableA wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences; a cathouse.
  18. broadlycountableslanguncountablevulgarA vagina or vulva.
  19. A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
  20. slangA street name of the drug methcathinone.
  21. abbreviationAbbreviation of catapult.
    • a carrier's bow cats
  22. abbreviationAbbreviation of catalytic converter.
  23. abbreviationAbbreviation of catamaran.
  24. abbreviationAbbreviation of category.
  25. abbreviationAbbreviation of catfish.
  26. slangAny of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
  27. A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
  28. abbreviationAbbreviation of computed axial tomography; often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
verb
  1. transitiveTo hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
  2. transitiveTo flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
  3. archaicslangTo vomit.
  4. To go wandering at night.
  5. To gossip in a catty manner.
  6. transitiveTo apply the cat command to (one or more files).
  7. slangTo dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
adjective
  1. IrelandcolloquialCatastrophic; terrible, disastrous.
    • The weather was cat, so they returned home early.