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CAPITATE

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What CAPITATE Means

  1. noun: the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
  2. adjective: being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CAPITATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 P3 I1 T1 A1 T1 E1.

Anagrams of CAPITATE (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In CAPITATE

105 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (7)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (31)

3 letter words (36)

2 letter words (13)

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