MANITO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. MANITO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANITO?
| 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 MANITO is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANITO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANITO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in MANITO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does MANITO mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A spirit or supernatural power recognized in Algonquian belief, thought to inhabit or control natural forces.
The word manito comes from Algonquian languages spoken by Indigenous peoples across the northeastern woodlands and Great Lakes region of North America, where it named a spiritual force present in animals, weather, and other natural phenomena. Early European settlers and traders recorded the word under variant spellings such as manitou and manitu, and manito itself appears often in nineteenth-century travel and missionary writing. The concept covered a wide range of spirits, from benevolent guardians to more dangerous or unpredictable forces, rather than describing a single deity.
How MANITO is used
Found mainly in historical and anthropological writing about Algonquian belief systems.
- Early traders wrote of a manito believed to guard the river rapids.
- The elder described the manito as neither wholly good nor evil.
- Colonial journals mention offerings left for a local manito.
- Anthropologists study how belief in a manito shaped daily rituals.
- The old story tells of a hunter who angered a powerful manito.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANITO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANITO
3 longer words begin with MANITO.
Shorter words from the letters in MANITO
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Common questions about MANITO
- Is MANITO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANITO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANITO worth?
- MANITO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANITO mean?
- A spirit or supernatural power recognized in Algonquian belief, thought to inhabit or control natural forces.
- What letters can be added to MANITO?
- MANITO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of MANITO:
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