Unscramble CAPITATES and you have 246 words, CAPITATES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CAPITATES split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 30 6-letter words from CAPITATES, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. STATIC, ASPECT and CAPITA are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPITATES; 19 of them share the top score of 9. SPACE, PASTE and SPICE are everyday picks.
15 of 60 4-letter words from CAPITATES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASE, PAST and PICS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in CAPITATES, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. ITS, SET and ACT are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of CAPITATES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What CAPITATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CAPITATES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPITATES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 202 | 246 | 188 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 246 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAPAS, ECTASIA, PACTA, SCAPA, SCAPI, TAPETIS, TIETACS, ACATES, ATTAPS, CAPA, CAPI, PATTES and 32 more. 14 of the 246 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAPITATES, PACIEST, SPECT, PITTAS, ACAIS, AETATIS, ETICS, PITTA, ACAI, PST, TEC, ATS and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of CAPITATES plus a single extra one.