ZINGARO is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ZINGARO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZINGARO?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZINGARO is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZINGARO
No single letter turns ZINGARO into another word.
How ZINGARO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ZINGARO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does ZINGARO mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A Gypsy, especially one of Italian origin.
The word zingaro comes from Italian and is almost never met in everyday English. It turns up mostly in older writing about travelling peoples or as a curiosity in word lists.
How ZINGARO is used
A writer might use zingaro for flavour when describing an Italian setting.
- The old novel described a zingaro playing a fiddle by the roadside.
- In the Italian tale, a zingaro read the merchant's palm for a coin.
- He called the wanderer a zingaro, using the word he had found in a dusty translation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZINGARO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZINGARO
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Common questions about ZINGARO
- Is ZINGARO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZINGARO, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZINGARO worth?
- ZINGARO is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZINGARO mean?
- A Gypsy, especially one of Italian origin.
- What letters can be added to ZINGARO?
- No single letter can be added to ZINGARO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ZINGARO:
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