PLUTO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. PLUTO 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PLUTO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLUTO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLUTO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLUTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PLUTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What stands out about PLUTO
- The same 5 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 PLUTO mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalhumorous
To reduce something in importance or status, especially by removing an official designation.
The verb pluto rose after the dwarf planet Pluto lost its official status as a full planet in 2006, and people began joking that anything demoted in rank had been plutoed. It typically appears in informal or humorous contexts rather than formal writing.
How PLUTO is used
Informal and often used jokingly, rarely in formal writing.
- Critics joked that the committee had plutoed the award altogether.
- The old feature got plutoed in the software's next update.
- Fans worried their favourite team would be plutoed from the league standings.
- He felt plutoed the moment his title was quietly dropped.
- The magazine plutoed the category rather than retire it entirely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLUTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLUTO
The 5 tiles of PLUTO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PLUTO
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with PLUTO.
Shorter words from the letters in PLUTO
Common questions about PLUTO
- Is PLUTO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PLUTO is not in it.
- How many points is PLUTO worth?
- PLUTO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLUTO mean?
- To reduce something in importance or status, especially by removing an official designation.
- What letters can be added to PLUTO?
- PLUTO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PLUTO:
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