CAPLIN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CAPLIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAPLIN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPLIN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPLIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caplinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAPLIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAPLIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does CAPLIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, slender silvery fish of the cold North Atlantic that is netted in large numbers for food and for bait.
Huge shoals of caplin gather near the shore each summer to spawn, and cod, whales and seabirds follow them in. Fishermen along the Newfoundland coast have long counted on this run, and the fish is eaten fresh, dried or smoked, as well as used as bait. The spelling caplin is a common variant of capelin.
How CAPLIN is used
Used mostly in fisheries and nature writing about the northern Atlantic coast.
- The caplin rolled in on the beach at dusk.
- Cod fishing improves once the caplin arrive.
- We dried a tray of caplin in the sun.
- Puffins were carrying caplin back to their burrows.
- The net came up silver with caplin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPLIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAPLIN
1 longer words begin with CAPLIN.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPLIN
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Common questions about CAPLIN
- Is CAPLIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPLIN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPLIN worth?
- CAPLIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPLIN mean?
- A small, slender silvery fish of the cold North Atlantic that is netted in large numbers for food and for bait.
- What letters can be added to CAPLIN?
- CAPLIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAPLIN:
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