cap: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 7 letter points · starts with C · ends with P
Meaning of cap
noun
A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
Example: The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
An academic mortarboard.
A protective cover or seal.
Example: He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
Listed forms: caps.
Source: Wiktionary — cap.
verb
- transitive
To cover or seal with a cap.
- transitive
To award a cap as a mark of distinction.
- transitive
To lie over or on top of something.
- broadly, slang, transitive
To lie over or on top of something. To paint over someone else's piece or tag.
Listed forms: caps, capping, capped.
Source: Wiktionary — cap.
noun
Capitalization.
- informal
A capital letter.
A capacitor.
Example: parasitic caps
- slang
A capsule of a drug.
Listed forms: caps.
Source: Wiktionary — cap.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for cap.
noun
a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
- detonator
- detonating device
noun
a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
noun
a protective covering that is part of a plant
noun
an upper limit on what is allowed
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cap in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cap
C(3) + A(1) + P(3) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of cap
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from cap
1 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cap. Showing up to 24, longest first.