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Captiving

c 3a 1p 3t 1i 1v 4i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

noun · adjective · 9 letters · Rare · form of captive

  • Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : not valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does captiving mean?

noun

  1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

    Synonymsprisoner

  2. an animal that is confined

  3. a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion

adjective

  1. being in captivity

    Synonymsconfinedimprisonedjailed

  2. giving or marked by complete attention to

    “that engrossed look or rapt delight”

    Synonymsabsorbedengrossedenwrappedintentwrapped

Definitions shown for captive, the base form of captiving.

Is CAPTIVING a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) No
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is CAPTIVING worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
c 3a 1p 3t 1i 1v 4i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

22 pts
c 4a 1p 4t 1i 1v 5i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

20 pts
c 4a 1p 4t 1i 1v 4i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

21 pts
c 3a 1p 3t 1i 1v 6i 1n 1g 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CAPTIVING

Words that end like CAPTIVING

Common words that share the ending -IVING, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

survivingarrivingderivingarchivingdeprivingforgivingcontrivingmisgivingoutlivingrelivingrevivingdrivinggivinglivingdivingnegativingstrivingthrivinghiving
All words ending in -IVING

Captiving: quick answers

Is CAPTIVING a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. CAPTIVING is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is CAPTIVING worth?
CAPTIVING scores 17 points in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends, 20 in Wordfeud and 21 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does captiving mean?
captiving is related to captive, which means “a person who is confined”. It has 5 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in CAPTIVING?
You can make 132 shorter words from CAPTIVING, such as CAVING, PAVING, VICING, CAPING. See the full list.