OCTANT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OCTANT 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 OCTANT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTANT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
octantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTANT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OCTANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does OCTANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticaltechnical
A navigational instrument shaped as one-eighth of a circle, once used to measure the angle between a star and the horizon; also, any of the eight regions into which three intersecting planes divide space.
Sailors used the octant before the more familiar sextant became standard, sighting a star through a small telescope and reading its height above the horizon off a graduated arc that covered forty-five degrees, an eighth of a full circle. In mathematics, the same word names one of the eight regions that three perpendicular planes create when they cross at a single point, extending the idea of a quadrant from two dimensions into three. Both uses share the same root: dividing a circle, or space, into eight equal parts.
How OCTANT is used
Encountered in maritime history and in three-dimensional geometry, rarely in everyday speech.
- The ship's captain kept an old brass octant locked in a velvet case.
- Before satellite navigation, sailors fixed their position with an octant and a chronometer.
- The textbook asks students to name the octant in which a given point lies.
- Three coordinate planes divide space into eight octants, each with its own sign pattern.
- Museum visitors can handle a working replica of an eighteenth-century octant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCTANT
2 longer words begin with OCTANT.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTANT
Common questions about OCTANT
- Is OCTANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTANT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTANT worth?
- OCTANT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTANT mean?
- A navigational instrument shaped as one-eighth of a circle, once used to measure the angle between a star and the horizon; also, any of the eight regions into which three intersecting planes divide space.
- What letters can be added to OCTANT?
- OCTANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OCTANT:
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