Unscramble CAPTIOUSLY to get 326 words. CAPTIOUSLY itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 8 shorter words score 14, among them TYPICAL, CALYPSO and OPACITY. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CAPTIOUSLY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 46 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 9 letters.
46 7-letter words made with CAPTIOUSLY letters; 8 of them share the top score of 14. PLASTIC, OPTICAL and TYPICAL are everyday picks.
4 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTIOUSLY tie at 13 points; none scores more. POLICY, TOPICS and LAYOUT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CAPTIOUSLY, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. CLIPS, PLAYS and SPICY are the ones most people know.
COPY, PACY and PYIC are the top 4-letter words in CAPTIOUSLY, 11 points each. CITY, PLAY and PICS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with CAPTIOUSLY letters, the top score is 8, reached by 12. SAY, ACT and PAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CAPTIOUSLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CA · ending in LY · all 10-letter words
The meaning of CAPTIOUSLY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CAPTIOUSLY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTIOUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 326) | 269 | 326 | 244 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLYACT, CUSPY, PAYLIST, POSTICAL, COPITAS, PLACITS, SPOUTY, UPLAYS, UPSTAY, YPLAST, CAPULS, COPITA and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COSPLAY, COPAYS, COPAY, COPSY, PASTILY, SOUPILY, TOPICALS, COYAUS, PACY, CAPOTS, COYAU, CUSPAL and 13 more, 25 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of CAPTIOUSLY spell the words below.