CAPRIFIG is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CAPRIFIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAPRIFIG?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPRIFIG is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPRIFIG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caprifigsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAPRIFIG scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CAPRIFIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAPRIFIG has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAPRIFIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A wild fig tree of southern Europe and western Asia whose inedible fruit shelters pollinating wasps.
Growers once hung branches of the caprifig among cultivated trees so that wasps would carry pollen to them. The fruit of that tree takes the same name.
How CAPRIFIG is used
Caprifig is a botanical and agricultural term.
- The caprifig grew wild beside the ruined wall.
- Farmers tied a caprifig branch to the edible fig tree.
- A caprifig is rarely eaten by people.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPRIFIG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAPRIFIG
1 longer words begin with CAPRIFIG.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPRIFIG
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Common questions about CAPRIFIG
- Is CAPRIFIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPRIFIG, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPRIFIG worth?
- CAPRIFIG is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPRIFIG mean?
- A wild fig tree of southern Europe and western Asia whose inedible fruit shelters pollinating wasps.
- What letters can be added to CAPRIFIG?
- CAPRIFIG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CAPRIFIG:
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