PUTTO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PUTTO 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 PUTTO?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUTTO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUTTO
No single letter turns PUTTO into another word.
How PUTTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUTTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 78,425.
What does PUTTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A representation in art of a chubby, usually naked young boy, often shown with small wings, common in Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture.
A putto decorates ceilings, fountains, and picture frames throughout Renaissance and Baroque art, usually appearing in playful poses that soften the grandeur of a religious or mythological scene. Artists borrowed the figure from ancient Roman art, where a similar winged child represented Cupid or a minor spirit, and reworked it for Christian and secular subjects alike. A single putto rarely appears alone in a composition; painters and sculptors typically grouped several together to fill open space around a central figure. The Italian word putto itself simply means small boy or child.
How PUTTO is used
An art-historical term, used chiefly when describing Renaissance and Baroque decorative painting and sculpture.
- A single putto floated above the altarpiece, holding a ribbon.
- The ceiling fresco showed a putto peeking through painted clouds.
- Art historians traced the putto back to classical Roman imagery.
- Sculptors carved a plump putto into each corner of the fountain.
- The frame was decorated with a small gilded putto.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUTTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUTTO
2 longer words begin with PUTTO.
Shorter words from the letters in PUTTO
Common questions about PUTTO
- Is PUTTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUTTO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUTTO worth?
- PUTTO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUTTO mean?
- A representation in art of a chubby, usually naked young boy, often shown with small wings, common in Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture.
- What letters can be added to PUTTO?
- No single letter can be added to PUTTO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUTTO:
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