Caption
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
An act of taking exception to something, particularly a petty quibble raised on the basis of a captious or specious argument.
“The lawyer's caption of the submitted evidence was dismissed by the judge as overly pedantic.”
Pronunciation
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/ˈkæp.ʃn/
Syllables
cap·tion
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Wordle
Ends in -ION, contains vowels A, I, and O, a familiar-looking word but used here in an archaic legal sense
Scrabble
Worth 11 points, common tiles and the -ION suffix is always useful for extending existing board words
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