Is CAPTIVATINGLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CAPTIVATINGLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 24 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CAPTIVATINGLY mean?
- adverb
in a bewitching manner
“she was bewitchingly beautiful”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
24
Scrabble
—
Words With Friends
13
Letters
C (3) + A (1) + P (3) + T (1) + I (1) + V (4) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + L (1) + Y (4) = 24 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsNot listed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CAPTIVATINGLY
CAPTIVATINGLY has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from CAPTIVATINGLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- captivating19
- captivity19
- antitypical18
- anticavity18
- playacting18
- activating16
- cavitating16
- antitypic16
- activity16
- vacantly16
- valiancy16
- acylating15
- antipyic15
- atypical15
- vagility15
- glyptic15
- vinylic15
- placating14
- vaticinal14
- caviling14
- galvanic14
- nativity14
- vacating14
- vitality14
- claypan14
- playact14
- pliancy14
- typical14
- cavity14
- ancipital13
- analytic13
- anticity13
- intactly13
- viatical13
- calving13
- claying13
- pitying13
- playing13
- tantivy13
- atypic13
- vacay13
- lactating12
- latticing12
- availing12
- aviating12
- galivant12
- platinic12
- vigilant12
- vittling12
- anticly12
- aviatic12
- cattily12
- inaptly12
- placing12
- ptyalin12
- tacitly12
- vatical12
- viatica12
- vicinal12
- cagily12
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