FADO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FADO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FADO?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FADO is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FADO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fadosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FADO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FADO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does FADO mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A melancholy Portuguese song form.
Fado is Portuguese for fate and the songs turn on longing for what is gone. A singer is accompanied by two guitars, one of them a shape found nowhere else.
How FADO is used
Countable and uncountable.
- A fado is sung standing still and without gesture.
- The word fado is Portuguese for fate.
- Two guitars accompany a fado.
- Fado turns on longing for what is gone.
- One of the fado guitars is a shape found nowhere else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FADO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FADO
3 longer words begin with FADO.
Words ending in FADO
1 words end in FADO. Useful as a back hook: play FADO onto a word already on the board.
Words with FADO inside
3 words contain FADO in the middle. Words that start with FADO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FADO
Common questions about FADO
- Is FADO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FADO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FADO worth?
- FADO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FADO mean?
- A melancholy Portuguese song form.
- What letters can be added to FADO?
- FADO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FADO:
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