wildcat


Meanings

  • an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
  • a cruelly rapacious person
  • any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
  • outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices;
    • "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"
    • "wildcat stock speculation"
    • "a wildcat airline"
    • "wildcat life insurance schemes"
  • without official authorization;
    • "wildcat work stoppage"
  • (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive;
    • "drilling there would be strictly a wildcat operation"
    • "a wildcat mine"
    • "wildcat drilling"
    • "wildcat wells"
  • WILDCAT v -CATTED, -CATTING, -CATS to search for oil in an area of doubtful productivity


Scrabble Score: 13

wildcat is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

wildcat is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

wildcat is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 15

wildcat is a valid Words With Friends word