RATO is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. RATO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RATO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RATO is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RATO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RATO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RATO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about RATO
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 RATO mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A rocket-assisted take-off, in which extra rocket engines briefly boost an aircraft or missile as it leaves the ground.
Rato began as the abbreviation RATO for rocket-assisted take-off, a technique that fits detachable rocket units to a heavily loaded aircraft so it can leave a short runway, and the term is now also used as an ordinary lower-case word for the technique or the equipment itself. It appears mostly in aviation and military writing.
How RATO is used
Technical term from aviation and military contexts; rarely used outside them.
- The transport plane used rato to clear the short jungle strip.
- Engineers tested a new rato unit on the prototype.
- Without rato, the overloaded bomber could not have taken off in time.
- The museum display explains how rato worked on early jet aircraft.
- Pilots reported a hard jolt at the moment the rato fired.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RATO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RATO
The 4 tiles of RATO in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RATO
9 longer words begin with RATO.
Words ending in RATO
6 words end in RATO. Useful as a back hook: play RATO onto a word already on the board.
Words with RATO inside
Showing 24 of 442 words that contain RATO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RATO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RATO
Common questions about RATO
- Is RATO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RATO, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RATO worth?
- RATO is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RATO mean?
- A rocket-assisted take-off, in which extra rocket engines briefly boost an aircraft or missile as it leaves the ground.
- What letters can be added to RATO?
- RATO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RATO:
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