captious

/kæpʃəs/ adjective
8 letters2 syllables12 points in Scrabble®15 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
ADJECTIVE
1

Tending to find and call attention to faults.

“a captious pedant”

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Scrabble®12 points
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Double word24 points
Triple word36 points
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Pig Latinaptiouscay
Starts & ends withC … S
Syllablescap · tious
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