Jumble solved
Is CAPITULATE a word? Yes.
CAPITULATE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 10 letters, worth 14 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 272 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 272
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 10 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 5 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 5 vowels (A, I, U, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (C, P, T, L, T).
capitulate in a sentence
“There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CAPITULATE
One word uses all 10 letters:
- capitulate
10-letter words
1 word found9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
4 words found7-letter words
14 words found6-letter words
30 words found+ 15 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
57 words found+ 42 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
80 words found+ 65 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
67 words found+ 52 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
18 words found+ 3 more 2-letter words
Words hidden inside CAPITULATE
Without moving a single letter, reading capitulate straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — capitula, late, ate, cap, lat, pit. The longest unbroken run is capitula.
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Shorter words inside CAPITULATE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CAPITULATE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and capitulate opens up 3 11-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
10
Distinct
8
Vowels
50%
A, I, U, A, E
Consonants
50%
C, P, T, L, T
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Solving CAPITULATE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters capitulate?
Rearranging the 10 letters in capitulate produces 272 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 10-letter answer capitulate here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does capitulate have any anagrams?
Using all 10 letters, capitulate rearranges into exactly one word: capitulate.
What is the longest word you can make from capitulate?
The longest solution is capitulate at 10 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from capitulate?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: capitulate yields aal, ace, act, ail, ait, ala, ale, alp, alt and ape. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "capitulate" used in a sentence?
Capitulate is itself a valid word. For example: "There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from capitulate scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, capitulate is the top scorer from capitulate at 14 points, followed by apiculate (13), apatetic (12) and capitate (12). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside capitulate?
Read left to right without moving any letters and capitulate already contains 6 shorter words: capitula, late, ate, cap, lat and pit. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is capitula. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.