What CAPTIVE Means
- noun: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
- noun: an animal that is confined
- adjective: being in captivity
- adjective: giving or marked by complete attention to“that engrossed look of rapt delight”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CAPTIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 P3 T1 I1 V4 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CAPTIVE
85 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.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (7)
4 letter words (25)
CAPECAPICATECAVECITECIVEEPICETICPACEPACTPATEPAVEPEATPICAPICEPIETPITATACETAPETEPATICEVIAEVICEVITAVITE
3 letter words (40)
ACEACTAITAPEAPTATEAVECAPCATCEPCITEATETAICEITAPACPATPAVPEAPECPETPIAPICPIEPITTAETAITAPTAVTEATECTICTIETIPVACVAEVATVETVIAVIE
2 letter words (12)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.