DATTO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DATTO 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 DATTO?
| 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 DATTO is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DATTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dattosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DATTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DATTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,428.
What does DATTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A chief or headman among certain peoples of the Philippines and the Malay world, especially in Mindanao and Sulu.
Early Spanish and American writers used datto to describe the local ruler of a single barrio or small coastal settlement rather than a ruler over a wider island or nation, so the title marked a fairly narrow scope of authority. The same word is also written datu or dato, and that spelling remains the one most commonly used today for traditional and indigenous leaders in the southern Philippines. A datto typically settled disputes, led in war, and represented the community to outsiders, functions closer to a village headman than to a king.
How DATTO is used
Found mostly in historical and anthropological writing about Philippine and Malay societies, and in the alternate spelling datu.
- The datto called the elders together to settle the land dispute.
- Early travellers described how a datto ruled each small coastal settlement.
- Villagers still address their traditional leader as datto in parts of Mindanao.
- A datto held authority over one barrio, not over the wider island.
- The chronicle names the datto who welcomed the first foreign ships.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DATTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DATTO
1 longer words begin with DATTO.
Shorter words from the letters in DATTO
Common questions about DATTO
- Is DATTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DATTO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DATTO worth?
- DATTO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DATTO mean?
- A chief or headman among certain peoples of the Philippines and the Malay world, especially in Mindanao and Sulu.
- What letters can be added to DATTO?
- DATTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DATTO:
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