BANDITO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BANDITO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANDITO?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANDITO is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANDITO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
banditosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANDITO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BANDITO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What does BANDITO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A bandit, especially a Mexican outlaw of the kind shown in films and popular stories.
Bandito turns up mainly in westerns, comic books and adventure tales, where the figure is often drawn with a sombrero and a drooping moustache. Because it leans on a stereotype, it is a flavour word of fiction rather than a neutral term for a robber.
How BANDITO is used
Bandito is a loanword from Spanish used jokingly or in fiction rather than in serious reporting.
- The hero rode into town to confront the notorious bandito.
- He grinned like a cartoon bandito behind his false moustache.
- A masked bandito leapt from the rocks and halted the stagecoach.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANDITO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANDITO
1 longer words begin with BANDITO.
Shorter words from the letters in BANDITO
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Common questions about BANDITO
- Is BANDITO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANDITO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANDITO worth?
- BANDITO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANDITO mean?
- A bandit, especially a Mexican outlaw of the kind shown in films and popular stories.
- What letters can be added to BANDITO?
- BANDITO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BANDITO:
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