Staccato is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 137 anagrams from letters in staccato (aaccostt).
1715-25; Italian: disconnected, past participle of staccare (derivative of stacca pole Gothic, but taken as a variant of distaccare to detach)
Then came an answering series of staccato taps, soft yet clear.
I dashed into my room but Meg's staccato reached me even there.
Cantonese, with its individual characters, also forces rappers to adopt a staccato lyricism.
The ticking of the clock and the snapping of the fire mingled in a staccato duet.
Once he gave a command in the staccato fashion of a terrified man.
His face was set and his voice as he greeted O'Moy sharp and staccato.
Almost simultaneously the air resounded with staccato bursts.
His intention had been, once more, to make a note "staccato," and he had been misunderstood.
She stood still on the sidewalk, exploding into tiny, staccato sentences.
Whatever of despair he felt did not appear in his staccato orders.