catch: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 12 letter points · starts with C · ends with H
Meaning of catch
noun
- countable
The act of seizing or capturing.
Example: The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.
- countable
The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
Example: The player made an impressive catch.
- countable
The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
Example: Good catch. I never would have remembered that.
- uncountable
The game of catching a ball.
Example: The kids love to play catch.
Listed forms: catches.
Source: Wiktionary — catch.
verb
- transitive
To capture, overtake. To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
Example: I hope I catch a fish.
- transitive
To capture, overtake. To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- transitive
To capture, overtake. To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
Example: If he catches you on the chin, you'll be on the mat.
- transitive
To capture, overtake. To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
Example: If you leave now you might catch him.
Listed forms: catches, catching, caught, glossary, catched, catchest.
Source: Wiktionary — catch.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for catch.
noun
a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
noun
the quantity that was caught
noun
a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
noun
a restraint that checks the motion of something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is catch in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of catch
C(3) + A(1) + T(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of catch
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from catch
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in catch. Showing up to 24, longest first.