Unscramble CAPTANS and you have 100 words, CAPTANS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 11 points: CAPSTAN and CATNAPS. Of the shorter words, CAPTAN and CATNAP lead with 10 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of CAPTANS at once for 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50) or 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CAPTANS by length: 3 with 7 letters, 4 with 6, 18 with 5, 39 with 4, 28 with 3 and 8 with 2.
39 4-letter words from CAPTANS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. PAST, CAST and ACTS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CAPTANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CA · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
CAPTANS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CAPTANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 100) | 83 | 100 | 73 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
17 of the 100 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAPAS, PACTA, SCAPA, CAPA, SAPAN, APTS, CAAS, STAP, CAA, TANAS, NATS, SANT and 5 more. 10 of the 100 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TACANS, NAPAS, PAANS, TACAN, NAPA, PAAN, PST, STAN, ATS and SAN.
With one more tile, the letters of CAPTANS spell the words below.