DADO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DADO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DADO?
| 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 DADO is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DADO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dadosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DADO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DADO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does DADO mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The lower part of an interior wall, below about waist height, when it is finished or decorated differently from the wall above; also a groove cut into wood to hold a fitted panel.
In interior decoration a dado is often painted or panelled in a darker color to protect the wall and add detail below a chair rail. In carpentry the same word names a rectangular groove cut into a board so another piece can slot into it.
How DADO is used
Used in architecture, interior decoration and carpentry; less familiar outside those fields.
- The carpenter cut a dado into the shelf to hold the panel.
- A dark wooden dado ran along the lower half of the hallway wall.
- Painters left the dado a different color from the wall above.
- The joiner checked the dado before fitting the drawer bottom.
- Older houses often kept a decorative dado in the dining room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DADO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DADO
4 longer words begin with DADO.
Words ending in DADO
3 words end in DADO. Useful as a back hook: play DADO onto a word already on the board.
Words with DADO inside
4 words contain DADO in the middle. Words that start with DADO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DADO
Common questions about DADO
- Is DADO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DADO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DADO worth?
- DADO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DADO mean?
- The lower part of an interior wall, below about waist height, when it is finished or decorated differently from the wall above; also a groove cut into wood to hold a fitted panel.
- What letters can be added to DADO?
- DADO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DADO:
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