Jumble solved
Is CAPTIVE a word? Yes.
CAPTIVE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 14 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 75 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 75
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (A, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (C, P, T, V).
captive in a sentence
“Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CAPTIVE
One word uses all 7 letters:
- captive
7-letter words
1 word found- captive64
6-letter words
1 word found- active11
5-letter words
7 words found4-letter words
20 words found+ 5 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
35 words found+ 20 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
11 words foundWords hidden inside CAPTIVE
Without moving a single letter, reading captive straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — apt, cap. The longest unbroken run is apt.
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Shorter words inside CAPTIVE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CAPTIVE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and captive opens up 1 8-letter word. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
- captives15
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
7
Distinct
7
Vowels
43%
A, I, E
Consonants
57%
C, P, T, V
Browse more word lists
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Practise your unscrambling
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Solving CAPTIVE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters captive?
Rearranging the 7 letters in captive produces 75 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 7-letter answer captive here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does captive have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, captive rearranges into exactly one word: captive.
What is the longest word you can make from captive?
The longest solution is captive at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from captive?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: captive yields ace, act, ait, ape, apt, ate, ave, cap, cat and cep. 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 "captive" used in a sentence?
Captive is itself a valid word. For example: "Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from captive scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, captive is the top scorer from captive at 64 points, followed by active (11), cavie (10) and civet (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside captive?
Read left to right without moving any letters and captive already contains 2 shorter words: apt and cap. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is apt. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.