octopus

Meanings

Plural: octopi, octopii, octopodes, octopus, octopuses, octopusses

Noun

tentacles of octopus prepared as food
bottom-living cephalopod having a soft oval body with eight long tentacles
Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
A mollusc from genus Octopus.
The flesh of these marine molluscs eaten as food.
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.
To spread out in long arms or legs in many directions.
To plug a large number of devices into a single electric outlet.
To grow in use vastly beyond what was originally intended.
To hunt and catch octopuses.
To behave like an octopus.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin octōpūs, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώπους (oktṓpous), from ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Synonyms

devilfish, polypus

Scrabble Score: 11

octopus is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
octopus is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
octopus is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

octopus is a valid Words With Friends word