Unscramble CAPTAINING to get 194 words. CAPTAINING itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. CAPITANI is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CAPTAINING split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 31 with 6, 36 with 5, 51 with 4, 48 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTAINING, CAPING and PACING tie for first at 11 points. ACTING, CAPITA and CITING are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from CAPTAINING are led by PACTA and PANIC, 9 points each. AGAIN, PAINT and GIANT are the familiar ones.
51 4-letter words from CAPTAINING; 5 of them share the top score of 8. ANTI, PAIN and GAIN are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in CAPTAINING are led by CAP, PAC and PIC, 7 points each. CAN, ACT and INN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CAPTAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CA · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What CAPTAINING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CAPTAINING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 194) | 149 | 194 | 135 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAPITANI, APICIAN, CAPITAN, APTING, CAAING, NAPING, PACTA, PANING, TICING, CAPA, CAPI, CANG and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAPING, PANINI, PIANI, TACAN, ACAI, AGITA, ATIGI, CIG, NAPA, PAAN, TANGA, NAGA and 2 more, 14 in all.
This word takes every letter of CAPTAINING plus a single extra one.