category: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 14 letter points · starts with C · ends with Y
Meaning of category
noun
A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
Example: This steep and dangerous climb belongs to the most difficult category.
A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.
Example: One well-known category has sets as objects and functions as arrows.
Listed forms: categories.
Source: Wiktionary — category.
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 category.
noun
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is category in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of category
C(3) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) + G(2) + O(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 14 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 category
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 category
177 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in category. Showing up to 24, longest first.