CAPONISE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CAPONISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAPONISE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPONISE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPONISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAPONISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CAPONISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAPONISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CAPONISE
- All 8 letters of CAPONISE are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CAPONISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To castrate a young male chicken so that it grows plump and tender for the table.
Farmers caponised cockerels because the bird fattened and its meat became softer and tastier. The practice is old and now rare, and the spelling with s is the British form.
How CAPONISE is used
British spelling, used in poultry farming and food history.
- The farmer would caponise the cockerels in early summer.
- They learned how to caponise birds from an old handbook.
- It was once common to caponise roosters for the Christmas market.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPONISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAPONISE
The 8 tiles of CAPONISE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CAPONISE
2 longer words begin with CAPONISE.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPONISE
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Common questions about CAPONISE
- Is CAPONISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPONISE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPONISE worth?
- CAPONISE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPONISE mean?
- To castrate a young male chicken so that it grows plump and tender for the table.
- What letters can be added to CAPONISE?
- CAPONISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CAPONISE:
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