PINTO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PINTO 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 PINTO?
| 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 PINTO 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 PINTO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PINTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PINTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 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 stands out about PINTO
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 PINTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A horse or pony marked with irregular patches of white and another colour, such as brown or black.
A pinto gets its pattern from a coat gene that blocks pigment in random patches rather than an even blend of colours, so no two pintos look quite alike. The word comes from the Spanish for painted, a fitting name for an animal that looks daubed rather than dyed. In the western United States the same word names a common bean grown for its mottled skin, borrowed directly from the horse marking. Riders often distinguish a pinto from a plain piebald or skewbald horse by how the patches sit rather than by the colours themselves.
How PINTO is used
Common in North American English for both the horse marking and, separately, the bean; British writers more often say piebald or skewbald for the horse.
- The rancher rode a pinto with a broad white patch across its flank.
- She named the pinto foal after the pattern of brown islands on its coat.
- A can of pinto beans sat next to the rice on the shelf.
- The children pointed out every pinto pony at the county fair.
- His grandfather still remembered breaking a wild pinto on the open range.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PINTO
The 5 tiles of PINTO in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with PINTO
2 longer words begin with PINTO.
Words ending in PINTO
1 words end in PINTO. Useful as a back hook: play PINTO onto a word already on the board.
Words with PINTO inside
1 words contain PINTO in the middle. Words that start with PINTO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PINTO
Common questions about PINTO
- Is PINTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINTO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINTO worth?
- PINTO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINTO mean?
- A horse or pony marked with irregular patches of white and another colour, such as brown or black.
- What letters can be added to PINTO?
- PINTO takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PINTO:
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