The word captious is a valid scrabble word

2 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • captious adj. (Obsolete) That captures; especially, (Of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in…
  • captious adj. Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.

24 valid words from 2 definitions

AN ARGUMENT CAPTURE CAPTURES CAVILLING DESIGNED DISPOSITION ENTRAP ESPECIALLY FAULT FIND HAVING IN NITPICKY OBJECTIONS OBSOLETE OF OR PETTY RAISE THAT TO UNREASONABLY WORDS

1 invalid word from 2 definitions

ETC

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

APT CAP IO OU OUS TI US

4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

IT OI PA PAC

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

AUTOPSIC

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

CAPTIONS CAUTIOUS

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

CAPTIOUSLY CAPTIOUSNESS CAPTIOUSNESSES

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+N ACUPOINTS

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-C UTOPIAS
-I UPCOAST
-U COPITAS PSOATIC

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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