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Wildcats

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:16 pts8 letters
Definition of Wildcats

noun

  1. A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically
  2. A person who acts like a wildcat, (usually) a violent and easily-angered person or a sexually vigorous one.
  3. An offensive formation with an unbalanced line and a snap directly to the running back rather than the quarterback.
  4. A wheel that can be adjusted so as to revolve either with or on the shaft of a capstan.
  5. Clipping of wildcat money, notes issued by a wildcat bank.

verb

  1. To drill for oil in an area where no oil has been found before.

    "You'd have to be very rich or very desperate to go wildcatting that far east."

noun

  1. A cartridge modified from another calibre rather than being commercially produced.

noun

  1. (organized labour) A labour strike that has not been authorized by the leaders of a trade union.
Anagrams of Wildcats

No exact anagrams found for "wildcats". This word has a unique letter combination.

Related Word Patterns
WI...Words starting with "wi"...TSWords ending with "ts"All 8-letter wordsUnscramble "wildcats"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
w4
i1
l1
d2
c3
a1
t1
s1

Total: 14 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Wildcats
abandonmentsabasementsabashmentsabatementsabbotsabductsaberrantsabetmentsabetsabiogenistsablautsableists
Related 8-Letter Words
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Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Wildcats"

Wildcats is a 8-letter word that scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Wildcats" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "wildcats" is a medium-scoring word.