Cat Breeds for Hangman 🐱

Clues for every word

A one-line clue for every word, easy to hard, each one checked against a source - read them out when you run your own game. These words and clues are separate from the ones in the online game, so they won't give its answers away.

Mew

The cry of a gull or buzzard; it is also a cat's crying sound, especially a young one's.

Lynx

A wild cat with a short tail, tufts of black hair on its ear tips and big padded feet for walking on snow.

Puma

A large wild cat found from Canada to Patagonia, also called a cougar or mountain lion.

Pride

The name for a group of lions or other large cats; it also means a sense of your own worth.

Knead

Often called 'making biscuits': a cat at ease pushing its front feet in and out on something soft.

Chirp

An excited sound a cat may make while watching or stalking prey such as birds.

Feral

Describes an animal living wild but descended from tame ones; in the UK, such a cat is one that chooses not to interact with humans.

Scruff

The loose skin at the back of some animals' necks; a mother cat can carry her young by it and they go still.

Wildcat

Either of two small untamed species of Europe, Africa and Asia; the African one is the direct ancestor of the house pet.

Cat Flap

A small hinged door that lets a pet come in and go out of a house on its own.

Caracal

A wild cat of Africa and Asia with long tufted ears and a plain reddish-tan coat; its name means 'black ear'.

Serval

A slender wild African cat with large ears, a spotted coat and the longest legs of any cat for its size.

Sand Cat

A small wild desert hunter whose soles are covered in long hair, protecting its pads from extreme temperatures.

Fishing Cat

A medium-sized wild hunter of wetlands in South and Southeast Asia; a good swimmer, even underwater.

Bombay

A short-haired breed, glossy solid black with big copper-golden eyes, bred to look like a miniature black panther.

Somali

A breed with a long, luscious coat, named after an African country that borders Ethiopia.

Munchkin

A breed with very short legs, named after the little people in the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

LaPerm

A breed whose curly coat is tightest at the throat and base of the ears; it began among farm cats in Oregon, USA.

Cattery

A holiday boarding place for pets that purr rather than bark; it can also be where they are bred.

Clowder

A collective word for a group of cats or their smaller wild cousins.

Caterwaul

A yowling, or a noisy quarrel; as a verb, it can also mean to have a noisy argument.

Ailurophile

A word for a cat-lover; its opposite is someone with an irrational fear or hatred of cats.

Polydactyl

Describes a cat born with more than the usual number of toes; some sailors valued such cats and thought they brought luck.

Nebelung

A breed with a long, dense, solid blue coat and wide-set green eyes; its name means 'creature of the mist'.

Peterbald

A hairless breed of Russian origin, created in 1994; many born with some hair can lose it over time.

Havana Brown

A breed with a solid chocolate-coloured short coat, developed by a group of British fanciers in the 1950s.

Russian Blue

A short-haired breed with a dense, plush grey double coat with a silver sheen and green eyes, perhaps first from Arkhangelsk.

Selkirk Rex

A breed with a thick curly coat that began in Montana, USA, in 1987, named after its breeder's stepfather.

American Curl

A breed whose ears bend back from the face, all descended from a black female found in California in 1981.

Black-footed Cat

The smallest wild member of its family in Africa, with bold small spots and stripes on a tawny coat.