CAPPER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CAPPER 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 CAPPER?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPPER is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPPER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cappersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAPPER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CAPPER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does CAPPER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person or tool that fits a cap or cover to something; also, a final event that tops off a run of earlier ones.
A capper is first of all a worker who makes caps or puts them on, such as the machine that seals bottles or the tool that sets a percussion cap on a gun. The word has a looser, informal use for the event that crowns a series, as in the capper to a bad week. Older American slang also used it for a decoy who lured gamblers into a crooked game.
How CAPPER is used
Trade sense is literal; the sense of a crowning event is informal.
- The capper on the bottling line sealed hundreds of jars an hour.
- A rainstorm was the capper to a miserable holiday.
- He worked as a capper in the hat factory.
- The old capper for the rifle was kept in a drawer.
- The last goal was a fitting capper to the match.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPPER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAPPER
3 longer words begin with CAPPER.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPPER
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Common questions about CAPPER
- Is CAPPER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPPER, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPPER worth?
- CAPPER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPPER mean?
- A person or tool that fits a cap or cover to something; also, a final event that tops off a run of earlier ones.
- What letters can be added to CAPPER?
- CAPPER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CAPPER:
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