Is CATFISH a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CATFISH is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CATFISH mean?
- noun
flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
- noun
large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
- noun
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
C (3) + A (1) + T (1) + F (4) + I (1) + S (1) + H (4) = 15 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CATFISH
CATFISH has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None. Nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from CATFISH
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- fitch13
- faiths12
- faith11
- hafts11
- shaft11
- shift11
- aitch10
- caths10
- chais10
- chats10
- chias10
- chits10
- facts10
- sitch10
- stich10
- tachs10
- fahs10
- fash10
- fish10
- haft10
- cafs9
- cash9
- cath9
- chai9
- chat9
- chia9
- chis9
- chit9
- fact9
- fisc9
- ichs9
- itch9
- tach9
- fah9
- fiats8
- saith8
- caf8
- chi8
- hic8
- ich8
- ahis7
- fast7
- fats7
- fiat7
- fist7
- fits7
- hast7
- hats7
- hist7
- hits7
- shat7
- shit7
- sift7
- sith7
- this7
- acts6
- asci6
- cast6
- cats6
- cist6
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