OCTANE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OCTANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCTANE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTANE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
octanesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTANE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OCTANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What does OCTANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A colourless flammable hydrocarbon found in petroleum, used as a component of gasoline and as a reference point for rating fuel quality.
Octane belongs to the alkane family of hydrocarbons, and one of its isomers gives its name to the octane rating printed on every fuel pump, a scale that measures how much a fuel resists knocking under engine compression. A higher octane number does not mean more energy in the fuel; it means the fuel can be compressed further before igniting on its own. Chemists also use octane as a solvent and as a standard reference compound in laboratory testing.
How OCTANE is used
Met daily at filling stations in phrases like premium octane or high octane, and used more precisely in chemistry and engineering contexts.
- The pump offered three grades of octane, from regular to premium.
- Racing engines are tuned to run on fuel with a very high octane rating.
- Chemists isolated the octane from the crude oil sample for testing.
- Using a lower octane than the engine requires can cause it to knock.
- The lab kept a bottle of pure octane as a reference standard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCTANE
2 longer words begin with OCTANE.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTANE
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Common questions about OCTANE
- Is OCTANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTANE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTANE worth?
- OCTANE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTANE mean?
- A colourless flammable hydrocarbon found in petroleum, used as a component of gasoline and as a reference point for rating fuel quality.
- What letters can be added to OCTANE?
- OCTANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OCTANE:
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