OTTAVA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OTTAVA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OTTAVA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OTTAVA is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OTTAVA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ottavasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OTTAVA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OTTAVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What does OTTAVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
An Italian musical direction, or the interval it names, meaning an octave higher or lower than written.
In a score the abbreviation 8va placed above the notes tells the player to sound them an octave higher, which saves writing many ledger lines. The word is Italian for octave and gives its name to ottava rima, a poetic form of eight-line stanzas used by Byron and Ariosto. Pianists meet the marking constantly in the upper register of the keyboard.
How OTTAVA is used
Musical term in Italian; seen in scores as 8va, and in literary talk as ottava rima.
- The editor added an ottava sign above the last bars.
- Play the passage an ottava higher for brightness.
- The ottava marking ends where the dotted line stops.
- Byron wrote his long comic poem in the ottava form.
- A single ottava saved the page from a forest of ledger lines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OTTAVA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OTTAVA
1 longer words begin with OTTAVA.
Shorter words from the letters in OTTAVA
Common questions about OTTAVA
- Is OTTAVA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OTTAVA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OTTAVA worth?
- OTTAVA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OTTAVA mean?
- An Italian musical direction, or the interval it names, meaning an octave higher or lower than written.
- What letters can be added to OTTAVA?
- OTTAVA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OTTAVA:
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