captious
Captious is also used as adjective, with meanings including tending to find and call attention to faults.
Length
8
Scrabble
12
WWF
15
Starts
CA
Ends
OUS
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “CAPTIOUS” Mean?
/ˈkæpʃəs/
captious has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensetending to find and call attention to faults
“a captious pedant”
“an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor”
Synonyms
Synonyms for CAPTIOUS
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
8
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
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Definition
tending to find and call attention to faults
Length
8 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Letters
C, A, P, T, I, O, U, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CAPTIOUS has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CAPTIOUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
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★★★☆☆CAPTIOUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
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★★★★☆CAPTIOUS uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGH
CV Pattern
CVCCVVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
CA, AP, PT, TI, IO, OU, US
Trigrams
CAP, APT, PTI, TIO, IOU, OUS
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