OCTAVO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OCTAVO 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 OCTAVO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTAVO is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTAVO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
octavosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTAVO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OCTAVO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 197,099.
What stands out about OCTAVO
- OCTAVO begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OCTAVO mean in Scrabble?
noun
The common size of a printed volume, about 6 by 9 inches, got when each large sheet is folded three times; also a volume of that size.
Printers once judged a book by how many times the big sheet was folded, and folding it three times gave sixteen pages per sheet. An octavo is smaller than a quarto and larger than a duodecimo, and it was long the standard shape for ordinary printed volumes. The word is Latin for in an eighth and is often written 8vo.
How OCTAVO is used
Used by librarians, book collectors and printing historians when describing an edition.
- The catalogue lists the first edition as an octavo.
- He bound the pamphlets together in a single octavo volume.
- An octavo fits comfortably on a shelf of modest depth.
- The essays were reissued as a handsome octavo in 1840.
- Each octavo sheet yields sixteen printed pages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTAVO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCTAVO
1 longer words begin with OCTAVO.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTAVO
Common questions about OCTAVO
- Is OCTAVO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTAVO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTAVO worth?
- OCTAVO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTAVO mean?
- The common size of a printed volume, about 6 by 9 inches, got when each large sheet is folded three times; also a volume of that size.
- What letters can be added to OCTAVO?
- OCTAVO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OCTAVO:
Open OCTAVO in the Word Finder