SPICCATO is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SPICCATO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPICCATO?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPICCATO is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPICCATO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spiccatosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPICCATO scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPICCATO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPICCATO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPICCATO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
Played on a stringed instrument with a bow that bounces lightly off the string between notes.
A spiccato passage sounds crisp and airy, quite unlike the smooth, sustained line of legato bowing. Composers write the word above fast notes that should sparkle rather than sing.
How SPICCATO is used
An Italian direction in music, used as an adjective or as a noun for the bowing style itself.
- The violins play the opening bars spiccato.
- Her spiccato was so light that the notes seemed to float.
- The score is marked spiccato from bar twelve.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPICCATO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPICCATO
1 longer words begin with SPICCATO.
Shorter words from the letters in SPICCATO
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Common questions about SPICCATO
- Is SPICCATO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPICCATO, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPICCATO worth?
- SPICCATO is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPICCATO mean?
- Played on a stringed instrument with a bow that bounces lightly off the string between notes.
- What letters can be added to SPICCATO?
- SPICCATO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPICCATO:
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