OLIO is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. OLIO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLIO?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLIO is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLIO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLIO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OLIO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,890.
What does OLIO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A varied mixture of unrelated things, or a stage show made up of unrelated acts.
An olio brings together items that do not naturally belong in one set. It might be a stew of many different meats or a book of mixed pieces. The word also names an old-fashioned variety show where singing, comedy and acrobatics follow one another with no single theme.
How OLIO is used
Used of both literal mixtures and figurative collections of unrelated material.
- The magazine was an olio of essays, poems and puzzles.
- Their concert became an olio of jazz, folk and rock.
- The evening offered an olio of short comic sketches.
- His speech was an olio of quotations from a dozen writers.
- The stew tasted like an olio of everything left in the kitchen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLIO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OLIO
1 longer words begin with OLIO.
Words ending in OLIO
4 words end in OLIO. Useful as a back hook: play OLIO onto a word already on the board.
Words with OLIO inside
Showing 24 of 36 words that contain OLIO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OLIO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OLIO
Common questions about OLIO
- Is OLIO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLIO, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLIO worth?
- OLIO is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLIO mean?
- A varied mixture of unrelated things, or a stage show made up of unrelated acts.
- What letters can be added to OLIO?
- OLIO takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OLIO:
Open OLIO in the Word Finder