PATU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PATU is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PATU?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PATU is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
patusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PATU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PATU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about PATU
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PATU mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalNew Zealand
A short, flat club used by the Maori as a hand-to-hand weapon, now mainly carried in ceremony.
A patu was carried close to the body and swung or thrust rather than swept through the air, since its blade was short and its weight sat mainly in the head. Today a patu appears in ceremonial dress and in museum collections rather than in combat.
How PATU is used
Used in accounts of Maori material culture and in New Zealand museum contexts.
- The carved patu hung on the wall of the meeting house.
- Warriors once carried a patu into close combat.
- The museum case held a patu of polished greenstone.
- He learned to grip the patu with the cord around his wrist.
- A patu of whalebone can be as prized as one of stone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PATU
The 4 tiles of PATU in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PATU
10 longer words begin with PATU.
Words ending in PATU
1 words end in PATU. Useful as a back hook: play PATU onto a word already on the board.
Words with PATU inside
13 words contain PATU in the middle. Words that start with PATU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PATU
Common questions about PATU
- Is PATU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PATU is not in it.
- How many points is PATU worth?
- PATU is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATU mean?
- A short, flat club used by the Maori as a hand-to-hand weapon, now mainly carried in ceremony.
- What letters can be added to PATU?
- PATU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PATU:
Open PATU in the Word Finder