OCTAD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OCTAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCTAD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTAD is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
octadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTAD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OCTAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does OCTAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A group or set of eight things.
Octad follows the same pattern as pair, trio or dozen, giving a single word for any collection counted in eights, whether that means eight musical notes, eight chemical bonds or simply eight items gathered together. Chemists once used the term for an atom capable of forming eight bonds, describing it as octavalent, though this specific technical sense has faded from common use. The word's root, the Greek okto for eight, links it to the more familiar octave and octagon.
How OCTAD is used
A fairly formal or technical word for a set of eight, used in mathematics, chemistry and careful descriptive writing rather than everyday speech.
- The professor arranged the tiles into a neat octad.
- An octad of stars formed a rough circle on the map.
- The chemist described the rare element as an octad.
- She organised the exhibits into octads of related objects.
- The puzzle required grouping the numbers into an octad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCTAD
2 longer words begin with OCTAD.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTAD
Common questions about OCTAD
- Is OCTAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTAD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTAD worth?
- OCTAD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTAD mean?
- A group or set of eight things.
- What letters can be added to OCTAD?
- OCTAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OCTAD:
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