Unscramble CAPTIVAUNCE to get 286 words. CAPTIVAUNCE itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 26 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CAPTIVAUNCE split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with CAPTIVAUNCE letters: CAPTIVANCE, 19 points.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in CAPTIVAUNCE: VACCINATE, for 16 points.
PECCAVI tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTIVAUNCE at 16 points; next come CAPTIVE and VACANCE on 14. CAPTAIN and VACCINE will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTIVAUNCE, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. ACTIVE, ACCEPT and NATIVE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from CAPTIVAUNCE; 9 of them share the top score of 10. INPUT, PAINT and ACUTE are everyday picks.
6 of 60 4-letter words in CAPTIVAUNCE tie at 9 points; none scores more. NICE, VICE and CENT will look familiar.
PAV and VAC share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with CAPTIVAUNCE letters. CAN, ACT and PUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CAPTIVAUNCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in CE · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PECCAVI (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CAPTIVAUNCE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTIVAUNCE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 226 | 286 | 212 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CAPTIVAUNCE, CAPTIVANCE, VACANCE, UNACTIVE, VACUATE, CAPITAN, INCAVE, VAUNCE, ACCITE, ANICCA, CATNEP, CICUTA and 47 more. 15 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PICCATA, PICANTE, PUNCTA, CAVA, VAPE, CENTAI, CENTU, CUNIT, TACAN, ACAI, NAPA, NAV and 3 more. 1 of the 286 answers is missing from Scrabble US: CUNT.
With one more tile, the letters of CAPTIVAUNCE spell the words below.