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Wildcatting

w 4i 1l 1d 2c 3a 1t 1t 1i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

noun · adjective · 11 letters · Common · form of wildcat

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

What does wildcatting 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 wildcatting.

Is WILDCATTING 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 WILDCATTING worth?

Scrabble

18 pts
w 4i 1l 1d 2c 3a 1t 1t 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

22 pts
w 4i 1l 2d 2c 4a 1t 1t 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

20 pts
w 4i 1l 1d 2c 4a 1t 1t 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

22 pts
w 5i 1l 2d 2c 3a 1t 1t 1i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in WILDCATTING

Hooks for WILDCATTING

Add one letter to the front or back of WILDCATTING to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

wildcattings

Words that end like WILDCATTING

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

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All words ending in -ATTING

Wildcatting: quick answers

Is WILDCATTING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WILDCATTING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 18 points before board bonuses.
How many points is WILDCATTING worth?
WILDCATTING scores 18 points in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends, 20 in Wordfeud and 22 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does wildcatting mean?
wildcatting 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 WILDCATTING?
You can make 325 shorter words from WILDCATTING, such as CLAWING, DICTATING, WILDCAT, CAWING. See the full list.