Unscramble CAPTIVE: 72 words from the letters C A P T I V E

The letters C A P T I V E can be rearranged into 72 different words. The exact anagrams come first, followed by every shorter word you can build from the same tiles, from the longest down to the two-letter plays. Common words such as ACTIVE, VICE and TAPE appear near the top of each group. The highest-scoring option is CAPTIVE at 14 points before any board multiplier.

How to use this page

Each group is a complete list for that length. Copy a whole group with one click, or click a word to copy it alone or open its own page.

Tips

If you already know a few letters of the answer and their positions, the word finder is faster than reading this list. Enter a pattern with question marks for the unknown letters and only the fitting words appear. For a daily five-letter puzzle the five-letter finder does the same thing with cues for known, misplaced and excluded letters. Both tools share the dictionary used on this page, so the answers always agree with the lists you find here, whichever route you take.

Questions

Which of these words are the most common?

ACTIVE, VICE and TAPE are among the most familiar. Words in everyday use are sorted first within each length group and the very common ones carry a small dot.

Are all of these words valid in word games?

They are all in the ENABLE list, which most word-game helpers use, but each game has its own dictionary. Check any unfamiliar word against the rules of the game you are playing.