TARDO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TARDO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARDO?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARDO is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARDO
No single letter turns TARDO into another word.
How TARDO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TARDO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does TARDO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
music
Slow; used in music as a direction telling a performer to play a passage at a slow tempo.
Tardo is one of several Italian tempo markings that composers write into a musical score to tell performers how quickly to play, alongside terms such as adagio and lento. A passage marked tardo should be performed at an unhurried pace, drawing out the melody rather than rushing through it. The word is a direct borrowing from Italian, where it simply means slow.
How TARDO is used
A specialist musical direction found in scores, rather than a word used in everyday English speech.
- The score marked the second movement tardo.
- The conductor asked the strings to play the passage tardo.
- Performing this section tardo lets the melody breathe.
- The pianist slowed to a tardo tempo for the closing bars.
- A tardo marking often signals a moment of quiet reflection in the piece.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARDO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TARDO
The 5 tiles of TARDO in a different order — 1 found.
Words with TARDO inside
6 words contain TARDO in the middle. Words that start with TARDO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TARDO
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Common questions about TARDO
- Is TARDO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARDO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARDO worth?
- TARDO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARDO mean?
- Slow; used in music as a direction telling a performer to play a passage at a slow tempo.
- What letters can be added to TARDO?
- No single letter can be added to TARDO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TARDO:
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