Meaning
- (noun) Any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
- (noun) The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
- (noun) An organization that has many powerful branches controlled from the centre.
- (verb) To put (or attempt to put) one's fingers, hands or arms in many things or places at roughly the same time.
- (verb) To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
- (verb) To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
- (verb) (by extension) To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.
- (verb) To hunt and catch octopuses.
- (verb) To behave like an octopus.
Letter breakdown
- Octopuses contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Synonyms
Words from these letters
- octopus
- suspect
- copses
- coupes
- opuses
- scoops
- scoots
- scopes
- scouts
- setups
- spouse
- spouts
- stoops
- tossup
- upsets
- coops
- coots
- copes
- copse
- costs
- cotes
- coupe
- coups
- cusps
- ousts
- pesos
- pests
- poets
- poses
- posse
- posts
- pouts
- scoop
- scoot
- scope
- scout
- sects
- setup
- soups
- souse
- specs
- spots
- spout
- steps
- stoop
- stops
- upset
- coop
- coos
- coot
- cope
- cops
- cost
- cote
- cots
- coup
- cues
- cups
- cusp
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with OCT
- octagon
- octagonal
- octagons
- octal
- octane
- octave
- octaves
- octet
- octets
- octette
- octettes
- octogenarian
- octogenarians
- octopi
- octopus
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Words ending with SES
Reader questions
What does Octopuses mean?
Any of several marine molluscs of the family Octopodidae, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
How many letters are in Octopuses?
Octopuses has 9 letters.
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