OCTANTAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. OCTANTAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCTANTAL?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTANTAL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTANTAL
No single letter turns OCTANTAL into another word.
How OCTANTAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OCTANTAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OCTANTAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OCTANTAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to an octant, which is an eighth part of a circle or sphere.
In mathematics and navigation, octantal describes anything tied to an octant, such as a pattern that repeats once in every eighth part. It is a narrow technical word.
How OCTANTAL is used
The adjective octantal is technical and appears in geometry and navigation.
- The error followed an octantal pattern around the compass.
- An octantal division splits the circle into eight parts.
- The chart marks each octantal boundary with a dashed line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTANTAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTANTAL
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Common questions about OCTANTAL
- Is OCTANTAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTANTAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTANTAL worth?
- OCTANTAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTANTAL mean?
- Relating to an octant, which is an eighth part of a circle or sphere.
- What letters can be added to OCTANTAL?
- No single letter can be added to OCTANTAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OCTANTAL:
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