Scrabble & Words with friends points
- catch is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
- catch is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
- catch is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13
Definition of catch
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot (verb)
Synonyms
- get
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily (verb)
Examples
- ears open to catch every sound
Synonyms
- pick up
- perceive by hearing (verb)
Examples
- I didn't catch your name
Synonyms
- get
- the act of catching an object with the hands (noun)
Examples
- Mays made the catch with his back to the plate
Synonyms
- grab
- snap
- snatch
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident (noun)
Examples
- it sounds good but what's the catch?
Synonyms
- gimmick
- suffer from the receipt of (verb)
Examples
- She will catch hell for this behavior!
Synonyms
- get
- see or watch (verb)
Synonyms
- see
- take in
- view
- watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of (verb)
Synonyms
- grab
- take hold of
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers (verb)
Synonyms
- overhear
- take in
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase (verb)
Examples
- Did you catch the thief?
Synonyms
- capture
- get
- to hook or entangle (verb)
Synonyms
- hitch
- apprehend and reproduce accurately (verb)
Synonyms
- get
- the quantity that was caught (noun)
Examples
- the catch was only 10 fish
Synonyms
- haul
- a restraint that checks the motion of something (noun)
Synonyms
- stop
- attract and fix (verb)
Synonyms
- arrest
- get
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping (verb)
Synonyms
- capture
- detect a blunder or misstep (verb)
Synonyms
- trip up
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) (noun)
Synonyms
- apprehension
- arrest
- collar
- pinch
- taking into custody
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect (noun)
Synonyms
- match
- attract; cause to be enamored (verb)
Synonyms
- becharm
- beguile
- bewitch
- captivate
- capture
- charm
- enamor
- enamour
- enchant
- entrance
- fascinate
- trance
- catch up with and possibly overtake (verb)
Synonyms
- catch up with
- overtake
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of (verb)
Examples
- did you catch that allusion?
- don't catch your meaning
Synonyms
- get
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) (noun)
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth (noun)
Examples
- he played catch with his son in the backyard
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window (noun)
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching) (noun)
Examples
- he shared his catch with the others
- become aware of (verb)
- be struck or affected by (verb)
Examples
- catch fire
- catch the mood
- be the catcher (verb)
Examples
- Who is catching?
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled (verb)
- check oneself during an action (verb)
Examples
- She managed to catch herself before telling her boss what was on her mind
- contract (verb)
Examples
- did you catch a cold?
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned (verb)
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state (verb)
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly (verb)
Examples
- catch one's breath
- reach in time (verb)
Examples
- I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock
- spread or be communicated (verb)
Examples
- The fashion did not catch
- start burning (verb)
- take in and retain (verb)
Examples
- We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater
See definition of catch in Merriam Webster