ESPARTO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ESPARTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESPARTO?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESPARTO is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESPARTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
espartosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESPARTO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ESPARTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,331.
What stands out about ESPARTO
- The same 7 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 ESPARTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tough, wiry grass from Spain and North Africa whose fibre is used for making paper, rope and woven goods.
Esparto is valued by papermakers because its short, strong fibres give a smooth, firm sheet. Outside the Mediterranean it turns up mostly in the names of paper grades and of old rope and basket trades.
How ESPARTO is used
Esparto appears in discussions of papermaking, cordage and traditional Mediterranean crafts.
- The mill pulped esparto to make a smooth, high-quality printing paper.
- Fishermen once twisted esparto into cheap, hard-wearing ropes.
- A mat of woven esparto lay by the farmhouse door.
- Fields of esparto covered the dry hills of southern Spain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESPARTO and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESPARTO
The 7 tiles of ESPARTO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ESPARTO
1 longer words begin with ESPARTO.
Shorter words from the letters in ESPARTO
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Common questions about ESPARTO
- Is ESPARTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESPARTO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESPARTO worth?
- ESPARTO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESPARTO mean?
- A tough, wiry grass from Spain and North Africa whose fibre is used for making paper, rope and woven goods.
- What letters can be added to ESPARTO?
- ESPARTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ESPARTO:
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