eight: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with E · ends with T
Meaning of eight
num
A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
Describing a group or set with eight elements.
Example: He works eight hours a day.
Listed forms: aught.
Source: Wiktionary — eight.
noun
The digit/figure 8.
Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.
- especially, plural
A race in which such craft participate.
Listed forms: eights, aught.
Source: Wiktionary — eight.
adj
- alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Obsolete spelling of eighth.
Base or related entry: eighth.
Listed forms: aught.
Source: Wiktionary — eight.
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Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for eight.
adjective
being one more than seven
- 8
- viii
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
noun
one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face
- eight-spot
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is eight in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of eight
E(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of eight
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from eight
19 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in eight. Showing up to 24, longest first.