wildcat

wildcat is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.
2. adjective. Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
3. noun. any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
4. noun. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
5. noun. a cruelly rapacious person

   Synonyms: beast, brute, savage, wolf

6. adjective. (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"

7. adjective. without official authorization

   "an unauthorized strike"

   "wildcat work stoppage"

   Synonyms: unauthorised, unauthorized

8. adjective. outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices

   "wildcat currency issued by irresponsible banks"

   "wildcat stock speculation"

Synonyms

beast, brute, savage, wolf, unauthorised, unauthorized

Common word forms

wildcats, wildcatted, wildcatter, wildcatting

Words from these letters

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