CENTO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CENTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CENTO?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CENTO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CENTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
centosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CENTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CENTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.
What stands out about CENTO
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CENTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A literary work, usually a poem, made up entirely of lines or passages borrowed from other writers and rearranged into something new.
A poet writing a cento selects lines from earlier authors, often well known ones such as Homer or Virgil, and stitches them together so that the borrowed pieces form a new poem with its own meaning. The word comes from a Latin term for a patchwork garment, which captures how the finished piece is assembled from many different sources. Modern poets still write a cento from time to time, sometimes combining lines from dozens of unrelated authors for playful or striking effect.
How CENTO is used
A specialized term in literary criticism and poetry, describing a specific technique of composition.
- The poet built an entire cento from lines by earlier writers.
- Her cento wove together fragments from ten different poems.
- Scholars study the ancient cento as a form of literary tribute.
- Each line of the cento came from a different classical author.
- Writing a cento requires careful attention to rhythm and sense.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CENTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CENTO
The 5 tiles of CENTO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CENTO
12 longer words begin with CENTO.
Words ending in CENTO
5 words end in CENTO. Useful as a back hook: play CENTO onto a word already on the board.
Words with CENTO inside
18 words contain CENTO in the middle. Words that start with CENTO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CENTO
Common questions about CENTO
- Is CENTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CENTO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CENTO worth?
- CENTO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CENTO mean?
- A literary work, usually a poem, made up entirely of lines or passages borrowed from other writers and rearranged into something new.
- What letters can be added to CENTO?
- CENTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CENTO:
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