Unscramble CAPTAINS and you have 222 words, CAPTAINS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: CAPITANS. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 11 points, CAPTAIN, CAPSTAN and CAPITAN among them. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for panatics? They use the same letters as CAPTAINS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CAPTAINS split into 2 with 8 letters, 11 with 7, 24 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 24 6-letter words from CAPTAINS, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. CAPITA, PAINTS and ANTICS are the ones most people know.
53 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTAINS; 10 of them share the top score of 9. SAINT, PAINT and PANTS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in CAPTAINS, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. PAST, TIPS and PICS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with CAPTAINS letters, CAP, PAC and PIC tie for first at 7 points. CAN, ITS and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CAPTAINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of CAPTAINS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CAPTAINS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTAINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 184 | 222 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAPITANS, CAPITAN, PANISC, CAPAS, PACTA, SCAPA, SCAPI, ASCIAN, CAPA, CAPI, SANCAI, SAPAN and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TACANS, ACAIS, NAPAS, PAANS, TACAN, ACAI, NAPA, PAAN, PST, TIANS, ATS and SAN, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CAPTAINS and one more.