CAPIAS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CAPIAS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAPIAS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPIAS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPIAS
No single letter turns CAPIAS into another word.
How CAPIAS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAPIAS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does CAPIAS mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A court writ ordering an officer to arrest a named person.
The word is Latin for you may take, the opening of the old command to take the person named in the order. A judge could issue a capias when a defendant failed to appear in court or ignored an order, and the sheriff then carried it out. The term survives in the law of several American states, where it still names an arrest order for missing a hearing.
How CAPIAS is used
Legal term; sometimes written as writ of capias.
- The judge issued a capias when the defendant missed the hearing.
- A sheriff served the capias at the man's front door.
- Under the old procedure a capias could commit a debtor to prison.
- The clerk recorded the capias in the court register.
- Lawyers argued that the capias had been issued in error.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPIAS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAPIAS
1 longer words begin with CAPIAS.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPIAS
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Common questions about CAPIAS
- Is CAPIAS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPIAS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPIAS worth?
- CAPIAS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPIAS mean?
- A court writ ordering an officer to arrest a named person.
- What letters can be added to CAPIAS?
- No single letter can be added to CAPIAS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAPIAS:
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