SMALTO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SMALTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMALTO?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMALTO is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMALTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
smaltosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SMALTO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SMALTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What stands out about SMALTO
- The same 6 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 SMALTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small piece of coloured glass or enamel, cut for use in a mosaic.
The word is borrowed from Italian, where it means enamel, and it belongs to the vocabulary of mosaic makers. A single smalto is a tiny tile of opaque glass, and thousands of them are set side by side to form a picture on a wall or dome. Byzantine and Venetian workshops were famous for the rich colours of their smalti.
How SMALTO is used
A specialist word from art and craft; the plural smalti is the Italian form.
- The artist pressed each smalto into wet plaster by hand.
- A single blue smalto caught the light above the altar.
- She sorted every smalto by colour before starting the panel.
- One cracked smalto had to be replaced in the floor.
- The gold smalto gave the saint a glowing halo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMALTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SMALTO
The 6 tiles of SMALTO in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SMALTO
1 longer words begin with SMALTO.
Shorter words from the letters in SMALTO
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Common questions about SMALTO
- Is SMALTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMALTO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMALTO worth?
- SMALTO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMALTO mean?
- A small piece of coloured glass or enamel, cut for use in a mosaic.
- What letters can be added to SMALTO?
- SMALTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SMALTO:
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