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WILDCATS

8 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What WILDCATS Means

WILDCATS is a form of WILDCAT, which means:

  1. noun: an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
  2. noun: a cruelly rapacious person
  3. adjective: outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices“wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks”
  4. adjective: without official authorization“an unauthorized strike”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

WILDCATS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 I1 L1 D2 C3 A1 T1 S1.

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