CATACHRESIS
Definition, meaning, and word game validity
Definitions for catachresis
Catachresis
A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, \"To take arms against a sea of troubles\". Shak. \"Her voice was but the shadow of a sound.\" Young.
Word Game Validity
CATACHRESIS is valid in Scrabble and most word games!
Scrabble Point Values
Total possible words using these letters:
2 Letter Words
- AA - 2 points
- AE - 2 points
- AH - 5 points
- AI - 2 points
- AR - 2 points
- ...and 16 more
3 Letter Words
- AAH - 6 points
- AAS - 3 points
- ACE - 5 points
- ACT - 5 points
- AHA - 6 points
- ...and 69 more
4 Letter Words
- AAHS - 7 points
- ACES - 6 points
- ACHE - 9 points
- ACRE - 6 points
- ACTA - 6 points
- ...and 144 more
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