ARVO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ARVO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARVO?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARVO is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARVO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARVO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARVO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does ARVO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
Australian informal word for afternoon.
Arvo is a shortened, casual form of afternoon widely used in everyday Australian English. It commonly appears in phrases like this arvo or Saturday arvo to refer to a specific time of day.
How ARVO is used
Very informal; almost exclusively used in Australian and New Zealand speech.
- Let's catch up this arvo after work.
- The barbecue is planned for Saturday arvo.
- She spent the whole arvo at the beach.
- We'll finish the job by arvo if the weather holds.
- He always has a nap in the early arvo.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARVO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARVO
The 4 tiles of ARVO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARVO
1 longer words begin with ARVO.
Words ending in ARVO
2 words end in ARVO. Useful as a back hook: play ARVO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARVO inside
9 words contain ARVO in the middle. Words that start with ARVO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARVO
Common questions about ARVO
- Is ARVO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARVO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARVO worth?
- ARVO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARVO mean?
- Australian informal word for afternoon.
- What letters can be added to ARVO?
- ARVO takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARVO:
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