OCTAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OCTAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCTAVE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTAVE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTAVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
octavesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTAVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OCTAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does OCTAVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The interval between one musical note and the note of the same name eight steps above or below it.
Two notes an octave apart sound strikingly alike because the higher one vibrates exactly twice as fast as the lower. The word comes from the Latin for eighth, and it also names a stanza of eight lines in poetry. In church calendars an octave is the eighth day after a festival, counted with the festival itself.
How OCTAVE is used
Most often a musical term, used with verbs such as jump, rise, drop or transpose.
- The singer dropped an octave for the last line.
- A piano has just over seven octave ranges from end to end.
- Play the melody again an octave higher.
- The poem opens with an octave that sets out the problem.
- Her voice leapt a full octave on the final word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OCTAVE
The 6 tiles of OCTAVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OCTAVE
1 longer words begin with OCTAVE.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTAVE
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Common questions about OCTAVE
- Is OCTAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTAVE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTAVE worth?
- OCTAVE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTAVE mean?
- The interval between one musical note and the note of the same name eight steps above or below it.
- What letters can be added to OCTAVE?
- OCTAVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OCTAVE:
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