Catcher

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

In baseball, the fielding player who crouches behind home plate to receive pitches and direct defensive play.

“The catcher signalled for a curveball with two fingers pointed downward.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈkætʃ.ə(r)/

Syllables

catch·er

Related Words

Synonyms

backstop

Antonyms

pitcher

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains common letters with CH and ER endings, a useful Wordle guess covering many letters

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Scrabble

Worth 14 points, the CH combination adds value and ER is a common suffix hook

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Words you can make from Catcher

Shorter words formed from the letters in “catcher”.

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