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Is eight a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word eight is a Scrabble US word. The word eight is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is eight a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word eight is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is eight a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word eight is a Words With Friends word. The word eight is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

EIGHT,

4-letter words (4 found)

GEIT,GITE,THIG,TIGE,

3-letter words (12 found)

ETH,GET,GHI,GIE,GIT,HET,HIE,HIT,TEG,THE,TIE,TIG,

2-letter words (8 found)

EH,ET,GI,HE,HI,IT,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 26 words from eight according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of eight

eight ieght egiht geiht igeht gieht eihgt iehgt ehigt heigt ihegt hiegt eghit gehit ehgit hegit gheit hgeit ighet gihet ihget higet ghiet hgiet eigth iegth egith geith igeth gieth eitgh ietgh etigh teigh itegh tiegh egtih getih etgih tegih gteih tgeih igteh giteh itgeh tigeh gtieh tgieh eihtg iehtg ehitg heitg ihetg hietg eithg iethg etihg teihg itehg tiehg ehtig hetig ethig tehig hteig theig ihteg hiteg itheg tiheg htieg thieg eghti gehti ehgti hegti gheti hgeti egthi gethi etghi teghi gtehi tgehi ehtgi hetgi ethgi tehgi htegi thegi ghtei hgtei gthei tghei htgei thgei ighte gihte ihgte higte ghite hgite igthe githe itghe tighe gtihe tgihe ihtge hitge ithge tihge htige thige ghtie hgtie gthie tghie htgie thgie

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Definitions and meaning of eight

eight

Translingual

Etymology

From English eight.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈei̯t]

Noun

eight

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 8.
    Synonym: oktoeight (ITU/IMO)

References

Etymology 1

From Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old English eahta, from Proto-West Germanic *ahtō, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Cognate with Scots aucht (“eight”), West Frisian acht (“eight”), Dutch acht (“eight”), Low German acht (“eight”), German acht (“eight”), Norwegian åtte (“eight”), Swedish åtta (“eight”), Icelandic átta (“eight”), Latin octo (“eight”), Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ), Irish ocht (“eight”).

Alternative forms

  • aught (Scotland, archaic, rare)
  • Arabic numerals: 8
  • Roman numerals: VIII

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: āt, IPA(key): /eɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Homophones: ait (general), ate, eyot (one pronunciation)

Numeral

eight

  1. A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
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  2. Describing a group or set with eight elements.
    He works eight hours a day.
Related terms
  • eighth
Descendants
  • Sranan Tongo: aiti
Translations
See also
  • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

eight (plural eights)

  1. The digit/figure 8.
  2. (playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
  3. (nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
  4. (rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.
  5. (rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.
  6. Eight o'clock.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
  • section 8

Adjective

eight (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of eighth

Etymology 2

See ait.

Noun

eight (plural eights)

  1. Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river)
References

Anagrams

  • Tighe

Middle English

Numeral

eight

  1. Alternative form of eighte

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Etymology

Spelling was influenced by English eight (/eɪt/).

Verb

eight

  1. Alternative form of at (“to eat”)

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38

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