Definition of catastrophe

"catastrophe" in the noun sense

1. calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"

"the earthquake was a disaster"

2. catastrophe, disaster

a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

"lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"

"his policies were a disaster"

3. catastrophe, cataclysm

a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

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Quotations for catastrophe

There are hours in life when the most trifling annoyances assume the proportions of a catastrophe. [ E. Souvestre ]

catastrophe in Scrabble®

The word catastrophe is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters catastrophe:

CATASTROPHE
(171)
CATASTROPHE
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (56 words)

acaters, attache, captors, carhops, carpets, chapter, chaster, chatter, cheapos, coaster, costate, cotters, earshot, eparchs, hapters, hastate, hatters, parches, patches, patters, poacher, poaches, porches, pothers, potters, precast, precoat, protect, protest, ratchet, recoats, repatch, retoast, roaches, rosacea, rotates, scatter, seaport, shatter, spatter, spectra, spotter, stretch, strophe, tapster, teacart, teapots, teashop, tephras, threats, throats, toaster, toecaps, toparch, torches, trachea

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word catastrophe

CATASTROPHE
(171)
CATASTROPHE
(171)
CATASTROPHE
(114)
CATASTROPHE
(114)
CATASTROPHE
(80)
CATASTROPHE
(76)
CATASTROPHE
(76)
CATASTROPHE
(76)
CATASTROPHE
(72)
CATASTROPHE
(72)
CATASTROPHE
(72)
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CATASTROPHE
(72)
CATASTROPHE
(72)
CATASTROPHE
(69)
CATASTROPHE
(60)
CATASTROPHE
(56)
CATASTROPHE
(52)
CATASTROPHE
(48)
CATASTROPHE
(46)
CATASTROPHE
(44)
CATASTROPHE
(44)
CATASTROPHE
(44)
CATASTROPHE
(44)
CATASTROPHE
(40)
CATASTROPHE
(40)
CATASTROPHE
(40)
CATASTROPHE
(40)
CATASTROPHE
(40)
CATASTROPHE
(32)
CATASTROPHE
(30)
CATASTROPHE
(24)
CATASTROPHE
(24)
CATASTROPHE
(24)
CATASTROPHE
(23)
CATASTROPHE
(23)
CATASTROPHE
(22)
CATASTROPHE
(21)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In catastrophe

CATASTROPHE
(171)
CATASTROPHE
(171)
CATASTROPHE
(114)
CATASTROPHE
(114)
REPATCH
(106 = 56 + 50)
PORCHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
TOPARCH
(106 = 56 + 50)
CHAPTER
(106 = 56 + 50)
PARCHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
POACHER
(106 = 56 + 50)
EPARCHS
(106 = 56 + 50)
CARHOPS
(106 = 56 + 50)
PATCHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
POACHES
(106 = 56 + 50)
CHEAPOS
(106 = 56 + 50)
REPATCH
(104 = 54 + 50)
PATCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
PORCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHAPTER
(104 = 54 + 50)
POACHER
(104 = 54 + 50)
CARHOPS
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHEAPOS
(104 = 54 + 50)
POACHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
EPARCHS
(104 = 54 + 50)
TOPARCH
(104 = 54 + 50)
PARCHES
(104 = 54 + 50)
CARHOPS
(104 = 54 + 50)
CHAPTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
PORCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
REPATCH
(101 = 51 + 50)
PARCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPARCHS
(101 = 51 + 50)
PARCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
CARHOPS
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHAPTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
PATCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
CARHOPS
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHEAPOS
(101 = 51 + 50)
TOPARCH
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHEAPOS
(101 = 51 + 50)
PARCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
PATCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
REPATCH
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
TOPARCH
(101 = 51 + 50)
PATCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
CHAPTER
(101 = 51 + 50)
EPARCHS
(101 = 51 + 50)
PORCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
PORCHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
POACHES
(101 = 51 + 50)
TORCHES
(98 = 48 + 50)
TRACHEA
(98 = 48 + 50)
ATTACHE
(98 = 48 + 50)
STRETCH
(98 = 48 + 50)
TORCHES
(98 = 48 + 50)
ATTACHE
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEASHOP
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEASHOP
(98 = 48 + 50)
STROPHE
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHASTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
ROACHES
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHATTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
HAPTERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHASTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(98 = 48 + 50)
POTHERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
POTHERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(98 = 48 + 50)
RATCHET
(98 = 48 + 50)
POTHERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
CHATTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
RATCHET
(98 = 48 + 50)
STRETCH
(98 = 48 + 50)
HAPTERS
(98 = 48 + 50)
STROPHE
(98 = 48 + 50)
ROACHES
(98 = 48 + 50)
TRACHEA
(98 = 48 + 50)
REPATCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
REPATCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
TOPARCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
PARCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
TOPARCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
PATCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
PARCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHEAPOS
(95 = 45 + 50)
TEASHOP
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
REPATCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
REPATCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
TOPARCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
HAPTERS
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REPATCH
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POACHES
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ROACHES
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PARCHES
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RATCHET
(95 = 45 + 50)
ROACHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHEAPOS
(95 = 45 + 50)
CARHOPS
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
TEPHRAS
(95 = 45 + 50)
STROPHE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PATCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPARCHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
POACHER
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHATTER
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CHAPTER
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CHEAPOS
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PATCHES
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RATCHET
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CHEAPOS
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CHEAPOS
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PATCHES
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POACHES
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POACHER
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EPARCHS
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PARCHES
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POACHER
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CHAPTER
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PORCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
STRETCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPARCHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
PORCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
CARHOPS
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TORCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
PORCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
PORCHES
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CARHOPS
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHASTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
ATTACHE
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPARCHS
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CHAPTER
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POTHERS
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CARHOPS
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TRACHEA
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TOPARCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
TORCHES
(95 = 45 + 50)
TOPARCH
(95 = 45 + 50)
CHAPTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
TRACHEA
(95 = 45 + 50)
EPARCHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
PRECAST
(94 = 44 + 50)
PARCHES
(94 = 44 + 50)
PROTECT
(94 = 44 + 50)
TOECAPS
(94 = 44 + 50)
POACHER
(94 = 44 + 50)
SPECTRA
(94 = 44 + 50)
CARPETS
(94 = 44 + 50)
PRECOAT
(94 = 44 + 50)
POACHES
(94 = 44 + 50)
CHAPTER
(94 = 44 + 50)
EPARCHS
(94 = 44 + 50)
PATCHES
(94 = 44 + 50)
PORCHES
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CAPTORS
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CHEAPOS
(94 = 44 + 50)
REPATCH
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECOAT
(92 = 42 + 50)
HATTERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SPECTRA
(92 = 42 + 50)
THREATS
(92 = 42 + 50)
HASTATE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PROTECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PROTECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
CAPTORS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THROATS
(92 = 42 + 50)
TOECAPS
(92 = 42 + 50)
EARSHOT
(92 = 42 + 50)
TOECAPS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SPECTRA
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARPETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SPECTRA
(92 = 42 + 50)
EPARCHS
(92 = 42 + 50)
POACHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
CAPTORS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CHEAPOS
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PATCHES
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECOAT
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CARHOPS
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORCHES
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PRECAST
(92 = 42 + 50)
TOECAPS
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECAST
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHATTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
TOPARCH
(92 = 42 + 50)
CHAPTER
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARPETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARPETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
PARCHES
(92 = 42 + 50)
POACHES
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECOAT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECAST
(92 = 42 + 50)
CHATTER
(90 = 40 + 50)

catastrophe in Words With Friends™

The word catastrophe is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters catastrophe:

CATASTROPHE
(207)
CATASTROPHE
(207)
CATASTROPHE
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (56 words)

acaters, attache, captors, carhops, carpets, chapter, chaster, chatter, cheapos, coaster, costate, cotters, earshot, eparchs, hapters, hastate, hatters, parches, patches, patters, poacher, poaches, porches, pothers, potters, precast, precoat, protect, protest, ratchet, recoats, repatch, retoast, roaches, rosacea, rotates, scatter, seaport, shatter, spatter, spectra, spotter, stretch, strophe, tapster, teacart, teapots, teashop, tephras, threats, throats, toaster, toecaps, toparch, torches, trachea

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word catastrophe

CATASTROPHE
(207)
CATASTROPHE
(207)
CATASTROPHE
(207)
CATASTROPHE
(126)
CATASTROPHE
(126)
CATASTROPHE
(96)
CATASTROPHE
(92)
CATASTROPHE
(88)
CATASTROPHE
(87)
CATASTROPHE
(80)
CATASTROPHE
(80)
CATASTROPHE
(76)
CATASTROPHE
(76)
CATASTROPHE
(76)
CATASTROPHE
(70)
CATASTROPHE
(69)
CATASTROPHE
(58)
CATASTROPHE
(54)
CATASTROPHE
(54)
CATASTROPHE
(46)
CATASTROPHE
(46)
CATASTROPHE
(46)
CATASTROPHE
(38)
CATASTROPHE
(38)
CATASTROPHE
(29)
CATASTROPHE
(27)
CATASTROPHE
(27)
CATASTROPHE
(26)
CATASTROPHE
(26)
CATASTROPHE
(25)
CATASTROPHE
(25)
CATASTROPHE
(24)
CATASTROPHE
(24)
CATASTROPHE
(23)
CATASTROPHE
(23)
CATASTROPHE
(22)
CATASTROPHE
(22)
CATASTROPHE
(22)
CATASTROPHE
(21)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In catastrophe

CATASTROPHE
(207)
CATASTROPHE
(207)
CATASTROPHE
(207)
CATASTROPHE
(126)
CATASTROPHE
(126)
CARHOPS
(122 = 87 + 35)
CAPTORS
(122 = 87 + 35)
TOECAPS
(122 = 87 + 35)
CHAPTER
(122 = 87 + 35)
SPECTRA
(122 = 87 + 35)
TEASHOP
(113 = 78 + 35)
HAPTERS
(113 = 78 + 35)
POACHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
EPARCHS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CARHOPS
(110 = 75 + 35)
TOPARCH
(110 = 75 + 35)
POACHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
POACHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
PATCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
REPATCH
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHAPTER
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHEAPOS
(110 = 75 + 35)
POACHER
(110 = 75 + 35)
REPATCH
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHEAPOS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CHAPTER
(110 = 75 + 35)
POACHER
(110 = 75 + 35)
TOPARCH
(110 = 75 + 35)
PARCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
POACHER
(110 = 75 + 35)
PATCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
PARCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
PORCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
PORCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
PARCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
PATCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
PORCHES
(110 = 75 + 35)
EPARCHS
(110 = 75 + 35)
CARPETS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRECOAT
(104 = 69 + 35)
CHEAPOS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PATCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
CHAPTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
PARCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
PATCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
PARCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
REPATCH
(104 = 69 + 35)
CARHOPS
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
EPARCHS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PORCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRECAST
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
REPATCH
(104 = 69 + 35)
SPECTRA
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TOPARCH
(104 = 69 + 35)
TOECAPS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PORCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRECAST
(104 = 69 + 35)
PRECAST
(104 = 69 + 35)
EPARCHS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PATCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROTECT
(104 = 69 + 35)
PATCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
CHAPTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
CARHOPS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROTECT
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CARPETS
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PORCHES
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PARCHES
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POACHES
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POACHER
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POACHER
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PRECOAT
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CHEAPOS
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CHAPTER
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PRECOAT
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PORCHES
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CARPETS
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CARHOPS
(104 = 69 + 35)
PARCHES
(104 = 69 + 35)
TOPARCH
(104 = 69 + 35)
POACHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRACHEA
(101 = 66 + 35)
RATCHET
(101 = 66 + 35)
CHASTER
(101 = 66 + 35)
TORCHES
(101 = 66 + 35)
RATCHET
(101 = 66 + 35)
CHATTER
(101 = 66 + 35)
TRACHEA
(101 = 66 + 35)
STRETCH
(101 = 66 + 35)
TEPHRAS
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POTHERS
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STROPHE
(101 = 66 + 35)
ROACHES
(101 = 66 + 35)
ATTACHE
(101 = 66 + 35)
TORCHES
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ROACHES
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PROTECT
(98 = 63 + 35)
TOECAPS
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PRECOAT
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SPECTRA
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CHAPTER
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SPECTRA
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CARPETS
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PRECOAT
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PRECAST
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRECOAT
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CARHOPS
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CARPETS
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CAPTORS
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TOPARCH
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRECAST
(98 = 63 + 35)
CHEAPOS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PRECAST
(98 = 63 + 35)
SPECTRA
(98 = 63 + 35)
TOECAPS
(98 = 63 + 35)
PROTECT
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARHOPS
(98 = 63 + 35)
EPARCHS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CARPETS
(98 = 63 + 35)
REPATCH
(98 = 63 + 35)
TOECAPS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CATASTROPHE
(96)
CARHOPS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TOPARCH
(95 = 60 + 35)
TOPARCH
(95 = 60 + 35)
CHEAPOS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TOPARCH
(95 = 60 + 35)
COASTER
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARHOPS
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TEAPOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
POACHER
(95 = 60 + 35)
ACATERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TEAPOTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RATCHET
(95 = 60 + 35)
POACHER
(95 = 60 + 35)
CHEAPOS
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CARHOPS
(95 = 60 + 35)
PROTEST
(95 = 60 + 35)
TEASHOP
(95 = 60 + 35)
PATTERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RATCHET
(95 = 60 + 35)
STRETCH
(95 = 60 + 35)
PARCHES
(95 = 60 + 35)
POACHES
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CHAPTER
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POTTERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
TRACHEA
(95 = 60 + 35)
ROSACEA
(95 = 60 + 35)
ROACHES
(95 = 60 + 35)
PARCHES
(95 = 60 + 35)
REPATCH
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CHAPTER
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CHAPTER
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ROACHES
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POTHERS
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ROACHES
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POACHER
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POTHERS
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POTHERS
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STROPHE
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PORCHES
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EPARCHS
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SPATTER
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ATTACHE
(95 = 60 + 35)
EPARCHS
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EPARCHS
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PARCHES
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PORCHES
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PORCHES
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REPATCH
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TORCHES
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CHASTER
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PATCHES
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PATCHES
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SEAPORT
(95 = 60 + 35)
SEAPORT
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CHATTER
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STRETCH
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CHATTER
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PATCHES
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RATCHET
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TEACART
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TRACHEA
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POACHES
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TORCHES
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COSTATE
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TAPSTER
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TEPHRAS
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TEACART
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SCATTER
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CHASTER
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TEPHRAS
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TRACHEA
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SPOTTER
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RECOATS
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TORCHES
(95 = 60 + 35)

Words within the letters of catastrophe

2 letter words in catastrophe (17 words)

9 letter words in catastrophe (4 words)

10 letter words in catastrophe (1 word)

11 letter words in catastrophe (1 word)

catastrophe + 1 blank (1 word)

catastrophe + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence catastrophe

Words that start with catastrophe (2 words)

Words with catastrophe in them (2 words)

Words that end with catastrophe (2 words)

Word Growth involving catastrophe

Shorter words in catastrophe

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Longer words containing catastrophe

catastrophes ecocatastrophes

ecocatastrophe ecocatastrophes