CAPITAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CAPITAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAPITAL?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPITAL is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPITAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
capitalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAPITAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CAPITAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does CAPITAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The city where a country or region has its seat of government.
Few words carry as many meanings as capital: money used to start a business, the top part of a column, and an upper-case letter. The common thread is something that stands at the head or forms a main stock.
How CAPITAL is used
The word capital is everyday English and works as a noun in politics, finance, architecture and typing.
- Canberra is the capital of Australia.
- The firm needed more capital to open a second shop.
- Begin every sentence with a capital.
- Carved leaves decorated the capital of each column.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPITAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAPITAL
The 7 tiles of CAPITAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAPITAL
20 longer words begin with CAPITAL.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPITAL
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Common questions about CAPITAL
- Is CAPITAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPITAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPITAL worth?
- CAPITAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPITAL mean?
- The city where a country or region has its seat of government.
- What letters can be added to CAPITAL?
- CAPITAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CAPITAL:
Open CAPITAL in the Word Finder