eighth: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with E · ends with H
Meaning of eighth
adj
- not-comparable
The ordinal form of the number eight.
Listed forms: eight, eightth.
Source: Wiktionary — eighth.
noun
The person or thing in the eighth position.
One of eight equal parts of a whole.
Example: Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.
- slang
An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.
An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.
Listed forms: eighths, eight, eightth.
Source: Wiktionary — eighth.
verb
- transitive
To divide by eight.
Listed forms: eighths, eighthing, eighthed, eight, eightth.
Source: Wiktionary — eighth.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for eighth.
adjective
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
- 8th
noun
one part in eight equal parts
- one-eighth
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is eighth in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of eighth
E(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) + H(4) = 13 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 eighth
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from eighth
23 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in eighth. Showing up to 24, longest first.