Catfish

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

The flesh of any of various scaleless freshwater fish popular as food, particularly species farmed in the southern United States.

“Fried catfish with cornbread is a classic dish across the American south.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈkatfɪʃ/

Syllables

cat·fish

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Synonyms

mudcatwolffish

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains FISH as a recognisable substring, only two vowels A and I

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Scrabble

Worth 15 points, the F and H together are valuable and FISH is a high-scoring stem

Words Related to Catfish

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batfish cattish

Words you can make from Catfish

Shorter words formed from the letters in “catfish”.

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