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10 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originOrigin disputed. There is no known usage before it was adopted by Bell Labs in the late 1960s or early 1970s, so most sources agree it was coined by someone at Bell Labs, but accounts from Bell Labs personnel conflict on the details. The derivation as a traditional term from octo- (“eight”) + thorpe (“field, hamlet or small village”) lacks any evidence, but there is near universal agreement that…
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Words from these letters
- octothorp 16
- cheroot 12
- epoch 12
- perch 12
- pooch 12
- porch 12
- potch 12
- protect 11
- cohort 11
- hector 11
- hooper 11
- hoopoe 11