OCTUPLET is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OCTUPLET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCTUPLET?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OCTUPLET is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCTUPLET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
octupletsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OCTUPLET scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OCTUPLET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OCTUPLET has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OCTUPLET mean in Scrabble?
noun
One of eight children born to the same mother at the same birth.
Octuplets are extremely rare, and births of eight surviving babies make world news. The word is built like twin and triplet, so the group is called octuplets.
How OCTUPLET is used
Octuplet is almost always met in the plural, in news stories about multiple births.
- Each octuplet weighed less than two pounds at birth.
- The hospital cared for every octuplet in a special unit.
- Being an octuplet means sharing a birthday with seven siblings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCTUPLET and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OCTUPLET
1 longer words begin with OCTUPLET.
Shorter words from the letters in OCTUPLET
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Common questions about OCTUPLET
- Is OCTUPLET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCTUPLET, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCTUPLET worth?
- OCTUPLET is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCTUPLET mean?
- One of eight children born to the same mother at the same birth.
- What letters can be added to OCTUPLET?
- OCTUPLET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OCTUPLET:
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