OCTROI is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OCTROI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCTROI?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTROI is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTROI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
octroisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTROI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OCTROI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,700.
What does OCTROI mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A local tax once collected on goods brought into a town or city, especially in France and other parts of continental Europe.
Collectors stationed at the octroi gates checked carts and travelers entering a city and charged a fee based on what they carried, whether food, wine, or building material, with the money typically funding local government. The system lasted in France into the twentieth century before being phased out as trade barriers between towns came to be seen as an obstacle rather than a source of revenue. The word itself came into English from French, where it originally referred to a grant of authority rather than the tax alone.
How OCTROI is used
A historical term found in accounts of European city life before the practice was abolished, rarely used to describe any modern tax.
- Wagons queued at the city gate to pay the octroi before entering the market.
- Historians describe how the octroi shaped which goods were smuggled around a town's walls.
- Officers manning the octroi post recorded every barrel of wine that passed.
- The abolition of the octroi in Paris changed how goods moved into the capital.
- Local merchants complained that the octroi made imported grain more expensive than it should be.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTROI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCTROI
1 longer words begin with OCTROI.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTROI
Common questions about OCTROI
- Is OCTROI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTROI, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTROI worth?
- OCTROI is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTROI mean?
- A local tax once collected on goods brought into a town or city, especially in France and other parts of continental Europe.
- What letters can be added to OCTROI?
- OCTROI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OCTROI:
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