AVISO is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AVISO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVISO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVISO is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVISO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
avisosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVISO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AVISO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does AVISO mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalrare
A small, fast naval vessel used to carry official dispatches or messages between ships and shore.
Before radio, an aviso was how a fleet passed urgent news along: a light, quick ship built for speed rather than cargo or guns, sent ahead with orders or word of an enemy sighting. The word comes from the Spanish and French for notice or advice, and several navies still use aviso as the formal class name for small escort or patrol ships. In English it survives mostly in naval history and in translations from Spanish and French sources.
How AVISO is used
Rare outside naval history and specialist writing; still used as a ship-class name in some navies.
- The admiral sent an aviso ahead to warn the convoy of the storm.
- A single aviso could outrun the heavier ships in the fleet.
- A naval museum displayed a nineteenth-century aviso among its models.
- Historians described the aviso as the fastest vessel in the squadron.
- The navy still classifies several of its smaller escorts as avisos.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVISO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVISO
1 longer words begin with AVISO.
Shorter words from the letters in AVISO
Common questions about AVISO
- Is AVISO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVISO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVISO worth?
- AVISO is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVISO mean?
- A small, fast naval vessel used to carry official dispatches or messages between ships and shore.
- What letters can be added to AVISO?
- AVISO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AVISO:
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