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Is capitol a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word capitol is a Scrabble US word. The word capitol is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is capitol a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word capitol is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3A1P3I1T1O1L1

Is capitol a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word capitol is a Words With Friends word. The word capitol is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (4 found)

CAPITOL,COALPIT,OPTICAL,TOPICAL,

6-letter words (5 found)

ATOPIC,CITOLA,COITAL,COPITA,PLACIT,

5-letter words (23 found)

APIOL,CAPOT,CITAL,CLAPT,CLIPT,COAPT,COATI,COPAL,ICTAL,LOTIC,OCTAL,OPTIC,PAOLI,PATIO,PICAL,PICOT,PILAO,PILOT,PLAIT,PLICA,PLOAT,TICAL,TOPIC,

4-letter words (53 found)

ALCO,ALIT,ALTO,ATOC,ATOP,CALO,CALP,CAPI,CAPO,CIAO,CITO,CLAP,CLAT,CLIP,CLIT,CLOP,CLOT,COAL,COAT,COIL,COIT,COLA,COLT,IOTA,LAIC,LATI,LIPA,LIPO,LOCA,LOCI,LOTA,LOTI,OCTA,OPAL,OTIC,PACO,PACT,PAIL,PALI,PIAL,PICA,PILA,PITA,PLAT,PLOT,POLT,TACO,TAIL,TALC,TALI,TOIL,TOLA,TOPI,

3-letter words (45 found)

ACT,AIL,AIT,ALP,ALT,APO,APT,CAL,CAP,CAT,CIT,COL,COP,COT,ITA,LAC,LAP,LAT,LIP,LIT,LOP,LOT,OAT,OCA,OIL,OPA,OPT,PAC,PAL,PAT,PIA,PIC,PIT,POA,POI,POL,POT,TAI,TAO,TAP,TIC,TIL,TIP,TOC,TOP,

2-letter words (16 found)

AI,AL,AT,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,OI,OP,PA,PI,PO,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 146 words from capitol according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of capitol

capitol

Alternative forms

  • Capitol (specific uses)

Etymology

From Middle English Capitolie, via Anglo-Norman capitolie, Old French capitoile, from Latin Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill, its temples; any similar citadel”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (“forming nouns”) or -ōlus (“-ole: forming diminutives”) + -ium (“forming location names”). Compare Latin capito and capitulum. As a French magistrate, via French capitoul, from Capitole, the town hall of Toulouse.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æpɪtəl
  • IPA(key): /ˈkæp.ɪ.təl/
  • Hyphenation: cap‧i‧tol
  • Homophone: capital

Noun

capitol (plural capitols)

  1. (US) Any building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
    • 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", The New York Times, page 1:
      The centre of attraction was the City Hall. Two thousand flags and more ...; 2,000 electric lights... combined to make the civic capitol gorgeous... .
  2. (historical) Any citadel or complex of buildings similar to the Roman Capitol, particularly Italian and Roman citadels including temples to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.
  3. (historical) Alternative form of capitoul (“the former chief magistrates of Toulouse, France”).

Usage notes

  • The homophone capital refers only to the city designated as a base for government; this government may meet at a capitol building.
  • The capitalized form Capitol typically refers to a particular capitol building, particularly the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Synonyms

  • (building in which a legislature meets): statehouse
  • (former Roman and Italian citadels): Capitolium

Related terms

  • capital (the city in which the government center is located)
  • Capitoline

Translations

References

Anagrams

  • coalpit, lipcoat, optical, pit coal, topical

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capitolo, from Latin capitulum. Doublet of capitul.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpi.tol/

Noun

capitol n (plural capitole)

  1. chapter (section of a book)

Declension

Further reading

  • capitol in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Source: wiktionary.org