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Is octans a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word octans is a Scrabble US word. The word octans is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

O1C3T1A1N1S1

Is octans a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word octans is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

O1C3T1A1N1S1

Is octans a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word octans is a Words With Friends word. The word octans is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1C4T1A1N2S1

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6-letter words (4 found)

ACTONS,CANTOS,COTANS,OCTANS,

5-letter words (17 found)

ACTON,ASCON,ASCOT,ATOCS,CANSO,CANST,CANTO,CANTS,COAST,COATS,COSTA,COTAN,OCTAN,OCTAS,SANTO,SCANT,TACOS,

4-letter words (32 found)

ACTS,ANTS,ATOC,CANS,CANT,CAST,CATS,COAT,CONS,COST,COTS,NAOS,NATS,NOTA,OAST,OATS,OCAS,OCTA,ONST,SANT,SCAN,SCAT,SCOT,SNOT,SOCA,STOA,TACO,TANS,TAOS,TOCS,TONS,TOSA,

3-letter words (27 found)

ACT,ANS,ANT,ATS,CAN,CAT,CON,COS,COT,NAS,NAT,NOS,NOT,OAT,OCA,ONS,SAC,SAN,SAT,SOC,SON,SOT,TAN,TAO,TAS,TOC,TON,

2-letter words (11 found)

AN,AS,AT,NA,NO,ON,OS,SO,ST,TA,TO,

You can make 91 words from octans according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of octans

octans

Noun

octans

  1. plural of octan

Anagrams

  • Cantos, Caston, actons, cantos, cast on

Catalan

Noun

octans

  1. plural of octà

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈok.tans/, [ˈɔkt̪ä̃ːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈok.tans/, [ˈɔkt̪äns]

Noun

octāns m (genitive octantis); third declension

  1. A measuring instrument, possibly similar to the nautical octant
  2. half a quadrant, an eighth part.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Related terms

  • octangulus
  • Octānus

Descendants

  • Italian: ottante

References

  • “octans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • octans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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