rito

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
4
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɹitoʊ/

Definition of rito

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in the Pacific.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)The young leaves of the coconut palm, used in traditional weaving in the Pacific.
  2. (US, rare)A stream in the western US.
    “Many small streams and ritos flow down the slopes feeding the Rio Puerco, Chama and Jemez Rivers.”
    “[…] to form tiny rills that descended and gathered into larger rititos that rollicked and frollicked as they tumbled down into the ritos that carried the spring run-offs and summer rains across alpine meadows […]”
    “On this day all the waters of the earth are blessed, the seas, the rivers and the ritos, the clear forest streams and all the muddy acequias meandering through the fields.”

name

  1. Synonym of Lutos (“a Central Sudanic language”).

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Etymology

From New Mexico and Colorado Spanish rito, from Spanish río + -ito.

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