SPADO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SPADO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPADO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPADO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPADO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spadosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPADO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPADO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What stands out about SPADO
- 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 SPADO mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaiclegal
In old legal and biological usage, a person or animal that is castrated or otherwise physically incapable of procreation.
Roman law used spado for anyone incapable of fathering children, whether through castration or a natural condition, and English writers later borrowed the Latin term directly into legal and medical discussion of the same idea. Older legal texts sometimes debated the marriage or inheritance rights of a spado, treating incapacity to procreate as a specific, defined status rather than an ordinary illness. Naturalists occasionally applied spado to a castrated animal as well, using it much as spayed or gelded describe similar conditions in modern veterinary language. The word has almost entirely dropped out of ordinary English, surviving mainly in older legal glossaries and historical or classical scholarship.
How SPADO is used
Archaic Latin-derived legal and biological term, met mainly in older legal writing and historical or classical scholarship rather than current use.
- The old legal text discussed the rights of a spado under Roman law.
- Scholars translated the Latin term spado as a castrated or impotent man.
- The glossary listed spado among terms borrowed directly from Roman law.
- A spado, the manuscript explained, could not inherit under certain ancient statutes.
- Historians noted how Roman writers classified a spado separately from other legal categories.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPADO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPADO
The 5 tiles of SPADO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SPADO
3 longer words begin with SPADO.
Shorter words from the letters in SPADO
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Common questions about SPADO
- Is SPADO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPADO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPADO worth?
- SPADO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPADO mean?
- In old legal and biological usage, a person or animal that is castrated or otherwise physically incapable of procreation.
- What letters can be added to SPADO?
- SPADO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPADO:
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