ANATTO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ANATTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANATTO?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANATTO is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANATTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anattosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANATTO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ANATTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 45,990.
What does ANATTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A reddish-orange dye or coloring made from the seeds of the achiote tree, used in food and fabric.
Anatto has been used for centuries in Central and South America both as a body paint and as a dye for cloth, and it later became popular as a natural food coloring for cheese, butter and rice dishes. The seeds themselves are covered in a waxy coating that carries the pigment, which is extracted by soaking or boiling. The word is also spelled annatto, and both spellings refer to the same substance.
How ANATTO is used
Mainly found in cooking and food industry writing as the name of a natural colorant.
- The cheese gets its orange tint from anatto rather than artificial dye.
- Cooks use anatto to color rice a warm reddish shade.
- Indigenous peoples once used anatto as a body paint.
- The recipe calls for oil infused with anatto seeds.
- Manufacturers list anatto on the label as a natural coloring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANATTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANATTO
1 longer words begin with ANATTO.
Shorter words from the letters in ANATTO
Common questions about ANATTO
- Is ANATTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANATTO, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANATTO worth?
- ANATTO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANATTO mean?
- A reddish-orange dye or coloring made from the seeds of the achiote tree, used in food and fabric.
- What letters can be added to ANATTO?
- ANATTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ANATTO:
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