What CAPTIOUS Means
- adjective: tending to find and call attention to faults“a captious pedant”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CAPTIOUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 P3 T1 I1 O1 U1 S1.
Anagrams of CAPTIOUS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CAPTIOUS
278 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 (4)
6 letter words (19)
ASPOUTATOPICCAPOTSCATSUPCOAPTSCOATISCOITUSCOPITACOUTASOPTICSPATIOSPATOISPICOTSPISTOUPUTOISSCOTIATOPICSUPCASTUTOPIA
5 letter words (59)
AITUSASCOTASPICATOCSAUTOSCAPOSCAPOTCAPUTCAUPSCOAPTCOASTCOATICOATSCOITSCOSTACOUPSCOUTACUITSCUTISICTUSIOTASOCTASOPTICOSTIAOUPASPACOSPACTSPATIOPATUSPICASPICOTPIOUSPISCOPITASPOSITPOUTSPSOAISCAPISCAUPSCOPASCOUPSCOUTSCUTASITUPSOUCTSPAITSPICASPOUTSPUTASTIPASTOAISTOICSTOUPSTUPATACOSTAPISTAPUSTOPICTOPIS
4 letter words (99)
ACTSAITSAITUAPOSAPSOAPTSASCIATOCATOPAUTOCAPICAPOCAPSCASTCATSCAUPCIAOCISTCITOCITSCOATCOITCOPSCOSTCOTSCOUPCUITCUPSCUSPCUTSIOTAITASOASTOATSOCASOCTAOPTSOPUSOTICOUPAOUPSOUSTOUTSPACOPACSPACTPAISPASTPATSPATUPIASPICAPICSPISOPITAPITSPOASPOISPOSTPOTSPOUTPTUIPUTSSAICSATISAUTSCOPSCOTSCUPSCUTSOAPSOCASOUPSOUTSPATSPITSPOTSTAPSTOASTOPSUITTACOTAISTAOSTAPSTAPUTAUSTICSTIPSTOCSTOPITOPSTOSATUISTUPSUPASUPTAUTASUTIS
3 letter words (75)
ACTAISAITAPOAPTASPATSCAPCATCISCITCOPCOSCOTCUPCUTIOSISOITAITSOATOCAOISOPSOPTOUPOUSOUTPACPASPATPIAPICPISPITPIUPOAPOIPOSPOTPSIPSTPUSPUTSACSAISAPSATSAUSICSIPSITSOCSOPSOTSOUSPASUISUPTAITAOTAPTASTAUTICTIPTISTOCTOPTUITUPUPOUPSUTAUTS
2 letter words (22)
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