BAMBINO is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BAMBINO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAMBINO?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAMBINO is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAMBINO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bambinosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAMBINO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BAMBINO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does BAMBINO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young child or baby, borrowed from Italian, or an image of the infant Jesus.
Italian gave English this affectionate word for a little child. In churches a bambino can be a carved or painted figure of the Christ child. The word also served as a nickname for the baseball player Babe Ruth.
How BAMBINO is used
Used playfully for a small child and in art history for the infant Christ, where bambino is often italicised.
- The grandmother cooed over the sleeping bambino.
- A gilded bambino stood in the crib at the church.
- The painter showed a plump bambino on the lap of the Virgin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAMBINO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAMBINO
1 longer words begin with BAMBINO.
Shorter words from the letters in BAMBINO
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Common questions about BAMBINO
- Is BAMBINO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAMBINO, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAMBINO worth?
- BAMBINO is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAMBINO mean?
- A young child or baby, borrowed from Italian, or an image of the infant Jesus.
- What letters can be added to BAMBINO?
- BAMBINO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BAMBINO:
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