ADO is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ADO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADO is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ADO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What does ADO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Fuss or trouble made over something.
Ado has been shrinking for four hundred years and now lives inside two phrases: without further ado, and much ado about nothing. Outside them it sounds like a quotation, and it is one — the second phrase is the title of a play, which is a large part of why the word has not vanished altogether.
How ADO is used
Uncountable: much ado, without further ado. Almost never takes an article.
- Without further ado, here is the first speaker.
- There was much ado about a form nobody needed.
- The whole thing was settled with very little ado.
- He hates ado of any kind and left early.
- Much ado about nothing is the phrase everybody knows.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ADO
The 3 tiles of ADO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ADO
Showing 24 of 71 words that begin with ADO.
Words ending in ADO
Showing 24 of 59 words that end in ADO. Useful as a back hook: play ADO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ADO inside
Showing 24 of 392 words that contain ADO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ADO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ADO
Common questions about ADO
- Is ADO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADO, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADO worth?
- ADO is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADO mean?
- Fuss or trouble made over something.
- What letters can be added to ADO?
- ADO takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ADO:
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