1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Catamite in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does catamite mean? Is catamite a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is catamite worth? catamite how many points in Words With Friends? What does catamite mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for catamite

See how to calculate how many points for catamite.

Is catamite a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word catamite is a Scrabble US word. The word catamite is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

C3A1T1A1M3I1T1E1

Is catamite a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word catamite is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

C3A1T1A1M3I1T1E1

Is catamite a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word catamite is a Words With Friends word. The word catamite is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1T1A1M4I1T1E1

Our tools

Valid words made from Catamite

Jump to...

Results

8-letter words (1 found)

CATAMITE,

6-letter words (7 found)

ACMITE,CATTIE,MATTIE,METICA,MICATE,TATAMI,TIETAC,

5-letter words (12 found)

ACETA,AECIA,AMATE,AMICE,ATTIC,MATAI,MATTE,METIC,TACET,TACIT,TATIE,TECTA,

4-letter words (36 found)

ACAI,ACME,ACTA,AMIA,AMIE,ATMA,CAMA,CAME,CAMI,CATE,CITE,EMIC,EMIT,ETAT,ETIC,ITEM,MACA,MACE,MATE,MATT,MEAT,META,MICA,MICE,MITE,MITT,TACE,TACT,TAIT,TAME,TATE,TEAM,TEAT,TICE,TIME,TITE,

3-letter words (34 found)

ACE,ACT,AIA,AIM,AIT,AMA,AME,AMI,ATE,ATT,CAA,CAM,CAT,CIT,EAT,ETA,ICE,ITA,MAA,MAC,MAE,MAT,MET,MIC,TAE,TAI,TAM,TAT,TEA,TEC,TET,TIC,TIE,TIT,

2-letter words (15 found)

AA,AE,AI,AM,AT,EA,EM,ET,IT,MA,ME,MI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 106 words from catamite according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of catamite

catamite

Etymology

From Latin catamītus (“boy kept as a sexual partner”), from Catamītus, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite), from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”), an attractive Trojan boy supposedly abducted to Mount Olympus by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and lover. Doublet of Ganymede.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkætəmaɪt/
  • Hyphenation: cat‧a‧mite

Noun

catamite (plural catamites)

  1. A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man. [1552]
    Synonyms: Ganymede, punk, gunsel; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual

Derived terms

  • catamitism

Translations

Verb

catamite (third-person singular simple present catamites, present participle catamiting, simple past and past participle catamited)

  1. To engage in a homoerotic relationship involving a boy and an older man.

See also

  • pathic

References

  • “catamite, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2018.

Source: wiktionary.org