CAPILLARITY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CAPILLARITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAPILLARITY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPILLARITY is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPILLARITY
No single letter turns CAPILLARITY into another word.
How CAPILLARITY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CAPILLARITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAPILLARITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAPILLARITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The tendency of a liquid to rise or fall in a very narrow tube or porous material because of surface tension.
Capillarity explains why water climbs up a paper towel or through the stem of a plant. It results from liquid sticking to the walls of a narrow space more strongly than it clings to itself.
How CAPILLARITY is used
Used in physics, botany and soil science.
- Capillarity draws water upward through the fibres of the cloth.
- Trees depend partly on capillarity to move water in their trunks.
- The wall stayed damp because of capillarity in the old bricks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPILLARITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAPILLARITY
The 11 tiles of CAPILLARITY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPILLARITY
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Common questions about CAPILLARITY
- Is CAPILLARITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPILLARITY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPILLARITY worth?
- CAPILLARITY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPILLARITY mean?
- The tendency of a liquid to rise or fall in a very narrow tube or porous material because of surface tension.
- What letters can be added to CAPILLARITY?
- No single letter can be added to CAPILLARITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CAPILLARITY:
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