Unscramble CAPTIVANCE to get 241 words. CAPTIVANCE itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CAPTIVANCE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 12 with 7, 41 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in CAPTIVANCE: VACCINATE, 16 points.
CAVATINE is the only one of the 8-letter words made with CAPTIVANCE letters; it scores 13 points.
4 of 41 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTIVANCE tie at 12 points; none scores more. ACTIVE, ACCEPT and NATIVE will look familiar.
Of the 47 5-letter words from CAPTIVANCE, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. PAINT, PANIC and AVIAN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in CAPTIVANCE; 6 of them share the top score of 9. NICE, PAIN and VICE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with CAPTIVANCE letters are led by PAV and VAC, 8 points each. CAN, ACT and NET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CAPTIVANCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CA · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PECCAVI (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CAPTIVANCE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTIVANCE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 241) | 200 | 241 | 187 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAPTIVANCE, VACANCE, CAPITAN, INCAVE, ACCITE, ANICCA, CATNEP, PAVEN, PEINCT, AVANTI, CINCT, CIVE and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PICCATA, PICANTE, CAVA, VAPE, CENTAI, TACAN, ACAI, NAPA, NAV, PAAN, VIN, TEC and 1 more, 13 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CAPTIVANCE and one more.