GIRO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GIRO 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 GIRO?
| 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 GIRO is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIRO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIRO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GIRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does GIRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A system for transferring money directly between bank or post office accounts without using a cheque, or a payment sent this way.
Giro was long the standard way that British benefits and pensions were paid before direct bank transfers became universal, so a giro cheque, or simply a giro, was also slang for the unemployment or welfare payment itself, as in living on the giro. The word also names the underlying transfer system used across Europe.
How GIRO is used
British; the welfare sense is informal and increasingly historical since electronic transfers replaced the paper giro cheque.
- He collected his giro from the post office every fortnight.
- The company processed the payment through the giro system.
- She lived on the giro after losing her job.
- The giro cheque arrived a day later than expected.
- Many benefits were once paid by giro before direct transfers took over.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GIRO
The 4 tiles of GIRO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GIRO
9 longer words begin with GIRO.
Words ending in GIRO
2 words end in GIRO. Useful as a back hook: play GIRO onto a word already on the board.
Words with GIRO inside
3 words contain GIRO in the middle. Words that start with GIRO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GIRO
Common questions about GIRO
- Is GIRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIRO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIRO worth?
- GIRO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIRO mean?
- A system for transferring money directly between bank or post office accounts without using a cheque, or a payment sent this way.
- What letters can be added to GIRO?
- GIRO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GIRO:
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