CAPTIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CAPTIOUS 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 CAPTIOUS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAPTIOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAPTIOUS
No single letter turns CAPTIOUS into another word.
How CAPTIOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CAPTIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAPTIOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CAPTIOUS
- All 8 letters of CAPTIOUS are different — nothing repeats.
- CAPTIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CAPTIOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Fond of finding fault and raising petty objections.
A captious critic pounces on trivial mistakes rather than judging the whole. The word suggests faultfinding for its own sake, and in older usage it also meant tricky or deceptive.
How CAPTIOUS is used
Used in formal writing about critics, judges and quarrelsome people.
- The captious reviewer complained about the font.
- He grew tired of her captious remarks at every meeting.
- A captious teacher can make pupils afraid to speak.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAPTIOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CAPTIOUS
The 8 tiles of CAPTIOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CAPTIOUS
3 longer words begin with CAPTIOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in CAPTIOUS
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Common questions about CAPTIOUS
- Is CAPTIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAPTIOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAPTIOUS worth?
- CAPTIOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAPTIOUS mean?
- Fond of finding fault and raising petty objections.
- What letters can be added to CAPTIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CAPTIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CAPTIOUS:
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