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Is capture a Scrabble word?

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

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Is capture a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

CAPTURE,

6-letter words (11 found)

ACTURE,ACUTER,APERCU,CARPET,CAUTER,CURATE,PREACT,PRECUT,TEACUP,UPRATE,UPTEAR,

5-letter words (37 found)

ACUTE,APERT,APTER,CAPER,CAPUT,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CRAPE,CRATE,CREPT,CRUET,CURAT,CURET,CUTER,EPACT,ERUCT,ERUPT,PACER,PAREU,PATER,PEART,PETAR,PRATE,PRUTA,PUCER,REACT,RECAP,RECTA,RECUT,TAPER,TAUPE,TRACE,TRAPE,TRUCE,UPTER,URATE,

4-letter words (49 found)

ACER,ACRE,APER,ARET,CAPE,CARE,CARP,CART,CATE,CAUP,CERT,CRAP,CRUE,CURE,CURT,CUTE,ECRU,PACE,PACT,PARE,PART,PATE,PATU,PEAR,PEAT,PERC,PERT,PRAT,PRAU,PUCE,PUER,PURE,RACE,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,RATU,REAP,TACE,TAPE,TAPU,TARE,TARP,TEAR,TEPA,TRAP,TRUE,UPTA,UREA,

3-letter words (53 found)

ACE,ACT,APE,APT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,AUE,CAP,CAR,CAT,CEP,CRU,CUE,CUP,CUR,CUT,EAR,EAT,EAU,ECU,ERA,ETA,PAC,PAR,PAT,PEA,PEC,PER,PET,PRE,PUR,PUT,RAP,RAT,REC,REP,RET,RUC,RUE,RUT,TAE,TAP,TAR,TAU,TEA,TEC,TUP,URE,URP,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,UP,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 166 words from capture according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of capture

capture

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capture (noun), from Latin captūra. Displaced native Old English fenġ (noun) and ġefōn (verb).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæp.ʃɚ/, /ˈkæp.t͡ʃɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæp.ʃə/, /ˈkæp.t͡ʃə/
  • Rhymes: -æpʃə(ɹ), -æptʃə(ɹ)

Noun

capture (countable and uncountable, plural captures)

  1. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
  2. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
  3. Something that has been captured; a captive.
  4. The recording or storage of something for later playback.
  5. (computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.

Translations

Verb

capture (third-person singular simple present captures, present participle capturing, simple past and past participle captured)

  1. (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
  2. (transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
  3. (transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
  4. (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

Translations

Synonyms

  • seize
  • take away
  • abduct
  • kidnap
  • hold hostage

Derived terms

Related terms

  • captivate
  • captive
  • captivity
  • caption

See also

  • take
  • arrest
  • apprehend
  • take over
  • snapshot

Anagrams

  • cuprate, uptrace

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captūra (“catching, capture”), from captus, perfect passive participle of capiō (“capture, seize, take”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kap.tyʁ/

Noun

capture f (plural captures)

  1. capture
  2. a catch, a take

Derived terms

  • capture d’écran
  • capturer

Further reading

  • “capture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • aperçut, aperçût
  • capteur
  • percuta

Galician

Verb

capture

  1. inflection of capturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kapˈtuː.re/, [käpˈt̪uːrɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kapˈtu.re/, [käpˈt̪uːre]

Participle

captūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of captūrus

Portuguese

Verb

capture

  1. inflection of capturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kabˈtuɾe/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪u.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -uɾe
  • Syllabification: cap‧tu‧re

Verb

capture

  1. inflection of capturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org