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Is octavo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word octavo is a Scrabble US word. The word octavo is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

O1C3T1A1V4O1

Is octavo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word octavo is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

O1C3T1A1V4O1

Is octavo a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word octavo is a Words With Friends word. The word octavo is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1C4T1A1V5O1

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6-letter words (1 found)

OCTAVO,

4-letter words (6 found)

ATOC,COAT,COOT,OCTA,TACO,TOCO,

3-letter words (15 found)

ACT,AVO,CAT,COO,COT,OAT,OCA,OOT,OVA,TAO,TAV,TOC,TOO,VAC,VAT,

2-letter words (4 found)

AT,OO,TA,TO,

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

Definitions and meaning of octavo

octavo

Etymology

From Latin octavo. Doublet of octave, oitava, and ochava.

Noun

octavo (plural octavos)

  1. (paper, printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
  2. (printing) A book of octavo pages.

Synonyms

  • (paper size): 8º, 8vo
  • (book size): 8º, 8vo, O

Translations

See also

  • foolscap
  • A3
  • A4

Asturian

Adjective

octavo

  1. neuter of octavu

French

Pronunciation

Adverb

octavo

  1. eighthly

Latin

Numeral

octāvō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of octāvus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin octāvus. Compare the inherited form ochavo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɡˈtabo/ [oɣ̞ˈt̪a.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Syllabification: oc‧ta‧vo

Adjective

octavo (feminine octava, masculine plural octavos, feminine plural octavas)

  1. (ordinal number) eighth

Noun

octavo m (plural octavos)

  1. (fractional number) eighth

Related terms

Further reading

  • “octavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org