73 words come out when you unscramble CAPTIVITY, starting with CAPTIVITY itself: 19 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34A1P34T1I1V45I1T1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CAPTIVITY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 6, 8 with 5, 18 with 4, 32 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in CAPTIVITY: ACTIVITY, for 16 points.
Keep every letter of CAPTIVITY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in TY · all 9-letter words
What CAPTIVITY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CAPTIVITY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTIVITY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 73) | 64 | 73 | 62 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: PYAT, CAPI, PAV, TAY, TIPT, CIT, TAIT, ITA and TAI. Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: PACY and PITTA.