CAPO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CAPO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAPO?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPO is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAPO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CAPO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does CAPO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A clamp fitted across guitar strings.
Capo is short for an Italian phrase meaning head of the fret, so the word names a position rather than the object. A separate capo, meaning the head of a criminal family, comes from the same Italian word.
How CAPO is used
Countable: a capo, two capos.
- A capo at the second fret changes the key.
- The word capo is short for an Italian phrase.
- Two capos on one neck is a trick and not a technique.
- A capo in the other sense heads a criminal family.
- Both senses of capo come from a word meaning head.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAPO
The 4 tiles of CAPO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAPO
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with CAPO.
Words with CAPO inside
13 words contain CAPO in the middle. Words that start with CAPO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPO
Common questions about CAPO
- Is CAPO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPO worth?
- CAPO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPO mean?
- A clamp fitted across guitar strings.
- What letters can be added to CAPO?
- CAPO takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CAPO:
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