AVO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AVO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVO?
| 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 AVO is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AVO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AVO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does AVO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
An avocado, in Australian and South African speech.
Avo is a clipping of the kind Australian English produces constantly. The full word behind it has a strange history of its own: it came from a Nahuatl term by way of Spanish, with the spelling pulled sideways towards a word for a lawyer somewhere along the route.
How AVO is used
Countable: an avo, two avos. Chiefly Australian.
- Two avos and a lemon came to more than the bread.
- The avo was hard on Monday and gone by Wednesday.
- Smashed avo became a headline about a generation.
- The word avo is a clipping of a much-travelled name.
- An avo ripens next to a banana and nowhere else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AVO
The 3 tiles of AVO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AVO
Showing 24 of 65 words that begin with AVO.
Words ending in AVO
4 words end in AVO. Useful as a back hook: play AVO onto a word already on the board.
Words with AVO inside
Showing 24 of 281 words that contain AVO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AVO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about AVO
- Is AVO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVO, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVO worth?
- AVO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVO mean?
- An avocado, in Australian and South African speech.
- What letters can be added to AVO?
- AVO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AVO:
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