SANTO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SANTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANTO?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANTO is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANTO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SANTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does SANTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A carved or painted image of a saint, made of wood or other material, especially in the folk and religious art of Spain, Latin America and the Philippines.
Craftsmen have carved and painted santo figures for centuries as objects of household devotion, often placing them on a home altar alongside candles and flowers. The tradition traveled with Spanish colonization to the Philippines and across Latin America, where regional styles of santo carving developed their own distinct look and materials. Museums and collectors now value antique santo figures both as religious artifacts and as folk art.
How SANTO is used
Used in writing about Spanish, Latin American and Filipino folk and religious art, and among collectors of such carvings.
- A small wooden santo stood on the family's home altar.
- The museum exhibit traced the history of Philippine santo carving.
- Collectors prize antique santo figures from colonial-era workshops.
- She lit a candle beside the painted santo each evening.
- The carver spent weeks shaping the santo from a single block of wood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SANTO
17 longer words begin with SANTO.
Shorter words from the letters in SANTO
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Common questions about SANTO
- Is SANTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANTO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANTO worth?
- SANTO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANTO mean?
- A carved or painted image of a saint, made of wood or other material, especially in the folk and religious art of Spain, Latin America and the Philippines.
- What letters can be added to SANTO?
- SANTO takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SANTO:
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