PANTO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PANTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANTO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANTO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANTO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PANTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does PANTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A pantomime; a British Christmas theatrical show mixing comedy, music, and audience participation, often based on a traditional fairy tale.
Families across Britain treat a trip to the panto as part of the Christmas season, watching familiar stories retold with slapstick jokes, songs, and a cast that regularly breaks the fourth wall to argue with the children in the audience. A panto traditionally casts a woman in the lead male role and a man in the comic older female role, a pairing that has become one of the show's best-loved conventions. The word is simply a shortened, informal form of pantomime.
How PANTO is used
Informal British usage, common in everyday conversation about Christmas theatre; rare outside the United Kingdom.
- The whole family went to see the panto the week before Christmas.
- This year's panto was a lively retelling of a well-known fairy tale.
- Children in the audience shouted warnings during the panto, as always.
- She played the villain in the local theatre's panto.
- Ticket sales for the Christmas panto sold out within days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANTO
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Shorter words from the letters in PANTO
Common questions about PANTO
- Is PANTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANTO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANTO worth?
- PANTO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANTO mean?
- A pantomime; a British Christmas theatrical show mixing comedy, music, and audience participation, often based on a traditional fairy tale.
- What letters can be added to PANTO?
- PANTO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PANTO:
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