Unscramble CAPTIVATING and you have 231 words, CAPTIVATING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CAPTIVATING split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 34 with 6, 46 with 5, 58 with 4, 59 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Every one of the 2 10-letter words in CAPTIVATING scores 16. ACTIVATING is an everyday pick.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with CAPTIVATING letters: CAPTIVING, for 17 points.
Of the 34 6-letter words made with CAPTIVATING letters, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. ACTING, VACANT and CAPITA are the ones most people know.
5 of 46 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTIVATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. AGAIN, PAINT and GIANT will look familiar.
CAVA scores highest among the 4-letter words from CAPTIVATING at 9 points, ahead of CAPA and CAPI on 8. ANTI, PAIN and GAIN are the ones most people know.
PAV and VAC are the top 3-letter words in CAPTIVATING, 8 points each. CAN, ACT and VAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CAPTIVATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
What CAPTIVATING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CAPTIVATING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTIVATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 188 | 231 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: CAPTIVING, CAPITANI, APICIAN, CAPITAN, INCAVI, APTING, AVANTI, CAAING, PACTA, TICING, ACTANT, CAPA and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: AVIATIC, VAPING, CAPING, CAVA, VIGIA, ATTING, PIANI, PITTA, TACAN, ACAI, AGITA, ATIGI and 9 more.