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Wildcatted

w 4i 1l 1d 2c 3a 1t 1t 1e 1d 2

About 3 syllables

noun · adjective · 10 letters · Common · form of wildcat

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does wildcatted mean?

noun

  1. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

    Synonymswildcat well

  2. a cruelly rapacious person

    Synonymsbeastwolfsavagebrute

  3. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

adjective

  1. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices

    “wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks”

  2. without official authorization

    “an unauthorized strike”

    Synonymsunauthorizedunauthorised

  3. (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive

    “drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation”

Definitions shown for wildcat, the base form of wildcatted.

Is WILDCATTED a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is WILDCATTED worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
w 4i 1l 1d 2c 3a 1t 1t 1e 1d 2

Words With Friends

19 pts
w 4i 1l 2d 2c 4a 1t 1t 1e 1d 2

Wordfeud

18 pts
w 4i 1l 1d 2c 4a 1t 1t 1e 1d 2

NYT Crossplay

19 pts
w 5i 1l 2d 2c 3a 1t 1t 1e 1d 2

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in WILDCATTED

Words that end like WILDCATTED

Common words that share the ending -ATTED, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

formattedchattedreformattedflattedspattedswattedbattedhattedmattedpattedrattedvatted
All words ending in -ATTED

Wildcatted: quick answers

Is WILDCATTED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WILDCATTED is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 17 points before board bonuses.
How many points is WILDCATTED worth?
WILDCATTED scores 17 points in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends, 18 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does wildcatted mean?
wildcatted is related to wildcat, which means “an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in WILDCATTED?
You can make 349 shorter words from WILDCATTED, such as WILDCAT, CLAWED, DECLAW, DICTATED. See the full list.