captain
Captain can refer to an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant, a policeman in charge of a precinct, or an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship. As a verb, captain can mean to be the captain of a sports team.
Length
7
Scrabble
11
WWF
14
Starts
CA
Ends
AIN
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CAPTAIN” Mean?
/ˈkæp.tɪn/
captain has 8 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
7 sensesan officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
the naval officer in command of a military ship
Synonyms
a policeman in charge of a precinct
the pilot in charge of an airship
Show 1 more noun definition
a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Synonyms
Verb
1 sensebe the captain of a sports team
Synonyms for CAPTAIN
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
7
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
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Definition
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
Length
7 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
N
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Letters
C, A, P, T, A, I, N
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CAPTAIN has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CAPTAIN is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆CAPTAIN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 7-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CAPTAIN contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDBEF
CV Pattern
CVCCVVC
Vowel Share
43%
Consonant Share
57%
Bigrams
CA, AP, PT, TA, AI, IN
Trigrams
CAP, APT, PTA, TAI, AIN
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