BIO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BIO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIO is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BIO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What stands out about BIO
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A short account of a person's life.
Bio is clipped from biography and has taken on a life of its own online, where it names the two lines under a username. It also works as a prefix by itself — bio fuel, bio waste — which a clipping does not usually manage.
How BIO is used
Countable: a bio, two bios. Informal.
- Her bio is three words and a location.
- A bio in a programme is written by the person it describes.
- The word bio is clipped from biography.
- He rewrote his bio after the job changed.
- Two bios for the same person that disagree on the dates.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIO
The 3 tiles of BIO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BIO
Showing 24 of 463 words that begin with BIO.
Words with BIO inside
Showing 24 of 302 words that contain BIO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BIO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BIO
Common questions about BIO
- Is BIO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIO worth?
- BIO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIO mean?
- A short account of a person's life.
- What letters can be added to BIO?
- BIO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BIO:
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