FUGATO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FUGATO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUGATO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUGATO is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUGATO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fugatosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FUGATO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FUGATO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does FUGATO mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A passage in a piece of music that begins like a fugue but is not carried through in strict fugal form.
Composers use a fugato to borrow the feel of imitation, where one voice enters and others follow with the same theme, without committing to a whole fugue. It often appears inside a symphony or an opera as a short burst of intensity. The word is Italian and literally points to something treated in the fugal manner.
How FUGATO is used
A technical term in music; also used as an adjective or adverb in scores.
- The development section opens with a brisk fugato for strings.
- A short fugato builds tension before the final chorus.
- The conductor shaped each entry of the fugato carefully.
- Beethoven slips a fugato into the middle of the movement.
- Students learn to hear a fugato by following the theme.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUGATO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FUGATO
1 longer words begin with FUGATO.
Shorter words from the letters in FUGATO
Showing 40 of 47. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about FUGATO
- Is FUGATO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUGATO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUGATO worth?
- FUGATO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUGATO mean?
- A passage in a piece of music that begins like a fugue but is not carried through in strict fugal form.
- What letters can be added to FUGATO?
- FUGATO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FUGATO:
Open FUGATO in the Word Finder