LENTO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LENTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LENTO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LENTO is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LENTO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LENTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LENTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,446.
What does LENTO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
A musical direction indicating that a passage should be played slowly.
Lento is Italian for slow and belongs to the same family of tempo markings as allegro and adagio, telling a performer roughly how fast to play without giving an exact metronome speed. Composers often place a lento section just before a final climax to let the melody breathe.
How LENTO is used
Used in written music as a tempo marking and in discussion of classical pieces, not in everyday speech.
- The score changes from allegro to lento in the second movement.
- The conductor asked the strings to play the bridge more lento.
- A lento passage let the melody breathe before the final chorus.
- The pianist slowed to a lento tempo for the closing bars.
- Marked lento, the opening bars set a somber mood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LENTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LENTO
The 5 tiles of LENTO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LENTO
6 longer words begin with LENTO.
Words with LENTO inside
2 words contain LENTO in the middle. Words that start with LENTO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LENTO
Common questions about LENTO
- Is LENTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LENTO, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LENTO worth?
- LENTO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LENTO mean?
- A musical direction indicating that a passage should be played slowly.
- What letters can be added to LENTO?
- LENTO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LENTO:
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