Definitions for cater-cornered

cater-cornered cat·er-cor·nered

Spelling: [kat-i-kawr-nerd, kat-ee-, kat-er-]
IPA: /ˈkæt ɪˌkɔr nərd, ˈkæt i-, ˈkæt ər-/

Cater-Cornered is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 742 anagrams from letters in cater-cornered (-accdeeenorrrt).

Definitions for cater-cornered

adverb

  1. diagonally.

adjective

  1. diagonal.

Origin of cater-cornered

1830-40; dial. cater (adv.) diagonally (probably to be identified with obsolete cater four Middle French quatre Latin quattuor) + cornered

Examples for cater-cornered

I was hurty from head to toe and back again, and crosswise and cater-cornered.

Well, it is off the left-hand side, kind of cater-cornered across from our building.

Word Value for cater-cornered
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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