SOLO is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. SOLO 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 SOLO?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOLO is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOLO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOLO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SOLO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,753.
What stands out about SOLO
- The same 4 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 SOLO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Performed by one person alone, without accompaniment or partners.
A solo performance, flight, or journey is carried out by a single person acting alone. This might be a violinist playing a solo passage, a pilot flying solo for the first time, or a traveller who chooses to solo through a foreign country rather than join a group.
How SOLO is used
Used in music, aviation, and general contexts to mean done alone.
- She played a violin solo in the second movement.
- The pilot was nervous before his first solo flight.
- He decided to solo the trek rather than join a tour group.
- The album features a guitar solo near the end.
- It was her first solo exhibition as an artist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOLO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOLO
The 4 tiles of SOLO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SOLO
20 longer words begin with SOLO.
Words with SOLO inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain SOLO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SOLO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOLO
Common questions about SOLO
- Is SOLO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOLO, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOLO worth?
- SOLO is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOLO mean?
- Performed by one person alone, without accompaniment or partners.
- What letters can be added to SOLO?
- SOLO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SOLO:
Open SOLO in the Word Finder