OCTAMETER is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OCTAMETER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCTAMETER?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTAMETER is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTAMETER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
octametersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTAMETER scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in OCTAMETER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OCTAMETER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OCTAMETER mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In prosody, a long verse line of eight feet, as in Poe's 'The Raven'.
Octameter is a long, rolling line that few poets sustain for a whole poem. The famous example is the trochaic line of Poe's The Raven, which is why the term is linked to that poem in many classrooms.
How OCTAMETER is used
Octameter is used in poetry analysis and prosody lessons.
- Each line of the poem was an octameter, heavy with repetition.
- The teacher asked us to count the feet and name the octameter.
- An octameter stretches the breath of the reader.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTAMETER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCTAMETER
1 longer words begin with OCTAMETER.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTAMETER
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Common questions about OCTAMETER
- Is OCTAMETER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTAMETER, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTAMETER worth?
- OCTAMETER is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTAMETER mean?
- In prosody, a long verse line of eight feet, as in Poe's 'The Raven'.
- What letters can be added to OCTAMETER?
- OCTAMETER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of OCTAMETER:
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