Definition of categorical

"categorical" in the adjective sense

1. categorical, categoric

relating to or included in a category or categories

2. categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional

not modified or restricted by reservations

"a categorical denial"

"a flat refusal"

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categorical in Scrabble®

The word categorical 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters categorical:

CATEGORICAL
(153)
CATEGORICAL
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (21 words)

aloetic, article, cacolet, calcite, caloric, calorie, cartage, catalog, catelog, circlet, cloacae, coalier, coalite, coaltar, coeliac, erotica, glacier, gloater, gracile, recital, regalia

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word categorical

CATEGORICAL
(153)
CATEGORICAL
(153)
CATEGORICAL
(102)
CATEGORICAL
(102)
CATEGORICAL
(76)
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(72)
CATEGORICAL
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(64)
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(64)
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(64)
CATEGORICAL
(54)
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(54)
CATEGORICAL
(52)
CATEGORICAL
(44)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(40)
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(38)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
CATEGORICAL
(32)
CATEGORICAL
(23)
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(22)
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(22)
CATEGORICAL
(21)
CATEGORICAL
(20)
CATEGORICAL
(19)
CATEGORICAL
(19)

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

CATEGORICAL
(153)
CATEGORICAL
(153)
CATEGORICAL
(102)
CATEGORICAL
(102)
CIRCLET
(94 = 44 + 50)
COELIAC
(94 = 44 + 50)
CALORIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
CALCITE
(94 = 44 + 50)
CACOLET
(94 = 44 + 50)
CLOACAE
(94 = 44 + 50)
CALORIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CACOLET
(92 = 42 + 50)
CIRCLET
(92 = 42 + 50)
CALORIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
COELIAC
(92 = 42 + 50)
COELIAC
(92 = 42 + 50)
CALCITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CACOLET
(92 = 42 + 50)
CLOACAE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CALCITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CALCITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CIRCLET
(92 = 42 + 50)
CLOACAE
(92 = 42 + 50)
CIRCLET
(92 = 42 + 50)
CARTAGE
(90 = 40 + 50)
CATELOG
(90 = 40 + 50)
GLACIER
(90 = 40 + 50)
GRACILE
(90 = 40 + 50)
CATALOG
(90 = 40 + 50)
CATELOG
(89 = 39 + 50)
GRACILE
(89 = 39 + 50)
GRACILE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CATALOG
(89 = 39 + 50)
GLACIER
(89 = 39 + 50)
GLACIER
(89 = 39 + 50)
CARTAGE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CALORIE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALCITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
EROTICA
(86 = 36 + 50)
CIRCLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
COALITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALCITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CIRCLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
GRACILE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CIRCLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALCITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECITAL
(86 = 36 + 50)
COELIAC
(86 = 36 + 50)
EROTICA
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLOACAE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALCITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CACOLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
CACOLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
CACOLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
CATELOG
(86 = 36 + 50)
ARTICLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ARTICLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLOACAE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALORIE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLOACAE
(86 = 36 + 50)
COALITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
COELIAC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CACOLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
CIRCLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
CATALOG
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLOACAE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CACOLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLOACAE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLOACAE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CACOLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
COELIAC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALORIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALORIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ALOETIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALORIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALORIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COALIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
ALOETIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COELIAC
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECITAL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CARTAGE
(86 = 36 + 50)
GLACIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
COALTAR
(86 = 36 + 50)
COELIAC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COALTAR
(86 = 36 + 50)
COELIAC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COALIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALCITE
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALORIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CALORIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CIRCLET
(86 = 36 + 50)
CACOLET
(84 = 34 + 50)
CLOACAE
(84 = 34 + 50)
CACOLET
(84 = 34 + 50)
CATALOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATELOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
GRACILE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATELOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATELOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
GLACIER
(83 = 33 + 50)
COELIAC
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATELOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
GLACIER
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATALOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATALOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATALOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CLOACAE
(83 = 33 + 50)
GLACIER
(83 = 33 + 50)
CACOLET
(83 = 33 + 50)
GRACILE
(83 = 33 + 50)
GRACILE
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GLACIER
(83 = 33 + 50)
CIRCLET
(83 = 33 + 50)
GRACILE
(83 = 33 + 50)
GRACILE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATELOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATALOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
GLACIER
(83 = 33 + 50)
CALORIC
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATALOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CALCITE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
CATELOG
(83 = 33 + 50)
CARTAGE
(83 = 33 + 50)
REGALIA
(82 = 32 + 50)
GLOATER
(82 = 32 + 50)
COALIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROTICA
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROTICA
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
CARTAGE
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROTICA
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECITAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
CATALOG
(80 = 30 + 50)
CIRCLET
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECITAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECITAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECITAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECITAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARTICLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROTICA
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECITAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECITAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARTICLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECITAL
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
COALITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARTICLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
COELIAC
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARTICLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
REGALIA
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
COELIAC
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARTICLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
GLACIER
(80 = 30 + 50)
ARTICLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
ALOETIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CALORIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROTICA
(80 = 30 + 50)
CALORIE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ALOETIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
ALOETIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
CALORIE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALTAR
(80 = 30 + 50)
ALOETIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROTICA
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(80 = 30 + 50)
ALOETIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
ALOETIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROTICA
(80 = 30 + 50)
CATELOG
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
CALORIE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ALOETIC
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
COALITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOACAE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALTAR
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALTAR
(80 = 30 + 50)
CALCITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
COALTAR
(80 = 30 + 50)
EROTICA
(80 = 30 + 50)
CLOACAE
(80 = 30 + 50)
CALORIE
(80 = 30 + 50)

categorical in Words With Friends™

The word categorical 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: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters categorical:

CATEGORICAL
(252)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (21 words)

aloetic, article, cacolet, calcite, caloric, calorie, cartage, catalog, catelog, circlet, cloacae, coalier, coalite, coaltar, coeliac, erotica, glacier, gloater, gracile, recital, regalia

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word categorical

CATEGORICAL
(252)
CATEGORICAL
(216)
CATEGORICAL
(216)
CATEGORICAL
(132)
CATEGORICAL
(132)
CATEGORICAL
(104)
CATEGORICAL
(96)
CATEGORICAL
(90)
CATEGORICAL
(84)
CATEGORICAL
(84)
CATEGORICAL
(84)
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(84)
CATEGORICAL
(80)
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(80)
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(80)
CATEGORICAL
(72)
CATEGORICAL
(68)
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(52)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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(40)
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(40)
CATEGORICAL
(33)
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(30)
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(29)
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(28)
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(26)
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(26)
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(26)
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(26)
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(25)
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(24)
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(24)
CATEGORICAL
(23)
CATEGORICAL
(23)
CATEGORICAL
(22)
CATEGORICAL
(22)

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

CATEGORICAL
(252)
CATEGORICAL
(216)
CATEGORICAL
(216)
CATEGORICAL
(132)
CATEGORICAL
(132)
CACOLET
(125 = 90 + 35)
CALORIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
CALCITE
(113 = 78 + 35)
GRACILE
(110 = 75 + 35)
GLACIER
(110 = 75 + 35)
CALCITE
(107 = 72 + 35)
CALCITE
(107 = 72 + 35)
CLOACAE
(107 = 72 + 35)
COELIAC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CIRCLET
(107 = 72 + 35)
CLOACAE
(107 = 72 + 35)
CIRCLET
(107 = 72 + 35)
COELIAC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CIRCLET
(107 = 72 + 35)
CALORIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
CATALOG
(104 = 69 + 35)
GLACIER
(104 = 69 + 35)
CATALOG
(104 = 69 + 35)
CALORIE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CATELOG
(104 = 69 + 35)
GRACILE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CATELOG
(104 = 69 + 35)
CATEGORICAL
(104)
CIRCLET
(101 = 66 + 35)
CIRCLET
(101 = 66 + 35)
CLOACAE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CALORIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CALCITE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CALORIC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CIRCLET
(101 = 66 + 35)
COELIAC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CALCITE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CARTAGE
(101 = 66 + 35)
CACOLET
(101 = 66 + 35)
COELIAC
(101 = 66 + 35)
CALCITE
(101 = 66 + 35)
RECITAL
(98 = 63 + 35)
COALITE
(98 = 63 + 35)
GLACIER
(98 = 63 + 35)
COALIER
(98 = 63 + 35)
GRACILE
(98 = 63 + 35)
GRACILE
(98 = 63 + 35)
ARTICLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
GLACIER
(98 = 63 + 35)
CATALOG
(98 = 63 + 35)
GLACIER
(98 = 63 + 35)
COALTAR
(98 = 63 + 35)
ALOETIC
(98 = 63 + 35)
GRACILE
(98 = 63 + 35)
CATELOG
(98 = 63 + 35)
CATEGORICAL
(96)
CIRCLET
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARTAGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
COELIAC
(95 = 60 + 35)
EROTICA
(95 = 60 + 35)
CARTAGE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CLOACAE
(95 = 60 + 35)
CACOLET
(95 = 60 + 35)
COELIAC
(95 = 60 + 35)
COALTAR
(92 = 57 + 35)
ALOETIC
(92 = 57 + 35)
CATELOG
(92 = 57 + 35)
COALIER
(92 = 57 + 35)
CATALOG
(92 = 57 + 35)
CALORIE
(92 = 57 + 35)
GLACIER
(92 = 57 + 35)
GRACILE
(92 = 57 + 35)
COALITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
CALCITE
(91 = 56 + 35)
COELIAC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CACOLET
(91 = 56 + 35)
CALCITE
(91 = 56 + 35)
CACOLET
(91 = 56 + 35)
CALORIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
COELIAC
(91 = 56 + 35)
COELIAC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CIRCLET
(91 = 56 + 35)
CIRCLET
(91 = 56 + 35)
CALORIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CLOACAE
(91 = 56 + 35)
CLOACAE
(91 = 56 + 35)
CIRCLET
(91 = 56 + 35)
CALORIC
(91 = 56 + 35)
CALCITE
(91 = 56 + 35)
CACOLET
(91 = 56 + 35)
CLOACAE
(91 = 56 + 35)
CATEGORICAL
(90)
GLOATER
(89 = 54 + 35)
CALORIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CALCITE
(89 = 54 + 35)
CLOACAE
(89 = 54 + 35)
COELIAC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CARTAGE
(89 = 54 + 35)
CALORIC
(89 = 54 + 35)
REGALIA
(89 = 54 + 35)
CACOLET
(89 = 54 + 35)
EROTICA
(89 = 54 + 35)
COELIAC
(89 = 54 + 35)
CACOLET
(89 = 54 + 35)
CLOACAE
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRACILE
(87 = 52 + 35)
CATALOG
(87 = 52 + 35)
GLACIER
(87 = 52 + 35)
CATALOG
(87 = 52 + 35)
CATELOG
(87 = 52 + 35)
CICALA
(87)
GLACIER
(87 = 52 + 35)
CATALOG
(87 = 52 + 35)
GRACILE
(87 = 52 + 35)
CATELOG
(87 = 52 + 35)
GRACILE
(87 = 52 + 35)
GLACIER
(87 = 52 + 35)
CATELOG
(87 = 52 + 35)
COALITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
COALTAR
(86 = 51 + 35)
ALOETIC
(86 = 51 + 35)
CATELOG
(86 = 51 + 35)
CATALOG
(86 = 51 + 35)
COALIER
(86 = 51 + 35)
COALTAR
(86 = 51 + 35)
COALITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
CATALOG
(86 = 51 + 35)
COALIER
(86 = 51 + 35)
RECITAL
(86 = 51 + 35)
ARTICLE
(86 = 51 + 35)
CATELOG
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLACIER
(86 = 51 + 35)
GRACILE
(86 = 51 + 35)
GRACILE
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLACIER
(86 = 51 + 35)
CATEGORICAL
(84)
CATEGORICAL
(84)
CATEGORICAL
(84)
CATEGORICAL
(84)
CLOACAE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
GLOATER
(83 = 48 + 35)
COELIAC
(83 = 48 + 35)
GLOATER
(83 = 48 + 35)
CALCITE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CALCITE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CALORIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CACOLET
(83 = 48 + 35)
CALORIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CIRCLET
(83 = 48 + 35)
CACOLET
(83 = 48 + 35)
CALORIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CACOLET
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CALORIC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CIRCLET
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLOACAE
(83 = 48 + 35)
REGALIA
(83 = 48 + 35)
CLOACAE
(83 = 48 + 35)
CARTAGE
(83 = 48 + 35)
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(83 = 48 + 35)
CACOLET
(83 = 48 + 35)
COELIAC
(83 = 48 + 35)
CIRCLET
(83 = 48 + 35)
CACOLET
(83 = 48 + 35)
CALCITE
(83 = 48 + 35)
COALITE
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATALOG
(80 = 45 + 35)
ALOETIC
(80 = 45 + 35)
GRACILE
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATEGORICAL
(80)
ARTICLE
(80 = 45 + 35)
COALITE
(80 = 45 + 35)
ARTICLE
(80 = 45 + 35)
GLACIER
(80 = 45 + 35)
COALTAR
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATELOG
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATELOG
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATALOG
(80 = 45 + 35)
COALTAR
(80 = 45 + 35)
GRACILE
(80 = 45 + 35)
RECITAL
(80 = 45 + 35)
COALITE
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATALOG
(80 = 45 + 35)
CALORIE
(80 = 45 + 35)
RECITAL
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATALOG
(80 = 45 + 35)
COALIER
(80 = 45 + 35)
COALIER
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATELOG
(80 = 45 + 35)
GLACIER
(80 = 45 + 35)
ARTICLE
(80 = 45 + 35)
CALORIE
(80 = 45 + 35)
ALOETIC
(80 = 45 + 35)
COALIER
(80 = 45 + 35)
COALTAR
(80 = 45 + 35)
CATEGORICAL
(80)
ALOETIC
(80 = 45 + 35)

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2 letter words in categorical (13 words)

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9 letter words in categorical (4 words)

10 letter words in categorical (1 word)

11 letter words in categorical (1 word)

categorical + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence categorical

Words that start with categorical (2 words)

Words with categorical in them (1 word)

Words that end with categorical (2 words)

Word Growth involving categorical

Shorter words in categorical

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Longer words containing categorical

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