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CAPTAINS

8 letters

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Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

CAPTAINS is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

CAPTAINS root CAPTAIN-s

Word family

CAPTAIN 5 CAPTAINING-ing 11 CAPTAINED-ed 11
noun
  1. A chief or leader.
  2. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
    • The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
  3. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
  4. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
  5. A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
  6. A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
  7. One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
  8. The leader of a group of workers.
    • John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."
  9. The head boy of a school.
  10. A maître d', a headwaiter.
  11. An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
verb
  1. intransitiveTo act as captain
  2. transitiveTo exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.