PINTADO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PINTADO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PINTADO?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PINTADO is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINTADO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pintadosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PINTADO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PINTADO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What does PINTADO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A seagoing petrel with a spotted pattern, also the name of the guinea fowl.
The word pintado comes from Spanish and Portuguese for painted, a nod to the speckled plumage. It is used both for the Cape petrel and for the guinea fowl, so a reader needs the context to know which bird is meant.
How PINTADO is used
Pintado is a specialist word in birdwatching and old natural history.
- A pintado followed the ship across the southern ocean.
- The pintado is easy to spot by its black and white pattern.
- Early naturalists wrote about the pintado in their journals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINTADO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PINTADO
2 longer words begin with PINTADO.
Shorter words from the letters in PINTADO
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Common questions about PINTADO
- Is PINTADO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINTADO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINTADO worth?
- PINTADO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINTADO mean?
- A seagoing petrel with a spotted pattern, also the name of the guinea fowl.
- What letters can be added to PINTADO?
- PINTADO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PINTADO:
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