OCTET is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. OCTET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCTET?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTET is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTET scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OCTET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 26,142.
What does OCTET mean in Scrabble?
noun
musictechnical
A group of eight, especially eight musicians performing together, or a piece of music written for eight voices or instruments.
A chamber octet might combine strings, winds, or voices in eight separate parts, giving a composer far more texture to work with than a smaller ensemble allows. Outside music, computing borrowed the same word for a unit of eight bits, a more precise alternative to byte used in formal descriptions of networking protocols and addresses.
How OCTET is used
Common in discussion of chamber music ensembles, and also used in computing to mean a unit of eight bits.
- The octet tuned their instruments before the recital began.
- Beethoven wrote a wind octet early in his career.
- Network protocols often refer to a byte as an octet.
- The choir split into an octet for the closing anthem.
- Each octet in the address is separated by a dot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCTET
5 longer words begin with OCTET.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTET
Common questions about OCTET
- Is OCTET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTET, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTET worth?
- OCTET is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTET mean?
- A group of eight, especially eight musicians performing together, or a piece of music written for eight voices or instruments.
- What letters can be added to OCTET?
- OCTET takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OCTET:
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