MADO is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. MADO is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 8 points there.
Which word lists accept MADO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MADO is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MADO
No single letter turns MADO into another word.
How MADO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MADO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 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 MADO mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small yellowish marine fish with brown stripes, found off eastern Australia and New Zealand.
The mado, known to anglers as the mado sweep, is a small schooling fish marked with faint brown stripes running down its sides. It keeps to reefs and rocky shorelines around eastern Australia and New Zealand, not to Japanese waters as the short, foreign-sounding name might suggest.
How MADO is used
Encountered mainly in contexts about Australian and New Zealand coastal fish species.
- The fisherman pulled in a fine mado at dawn.
- Mado is prized by anglers along the eastern Australian coast.
- The market stall displayed several fresh mado today.
- Local recipes off the coast of New Zealand often feature grilled mado fillets.
- Divers spotted a school of mados near an Australian reef.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MADO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MADO
6 longer words begin with MADO.
Words ending in MADO
2 words end in MADO. Useful as a back hook: play MADO onto a word already on the board.
Words with MADO inside
7 words contain MADO in the middle. Words that start with MADO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MADO
Common questions about MADO
- Is MADO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MADO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MADO worth?
- MADO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MADO mean?
- A small yellowish marine fish with brown stripes, found off eastern Australia and New Zealand.
- What letters can be added to MADO?
- No single letter can be added to MADO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MADO:
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