Words Containing AIO

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing AIO?

PIZZAIOLA is worth 29 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are ZABAIONES (20), ZABAIONE (19), PAIOCKES (16).

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All Words Containing AIO 17 words

How often does AIO appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 17 words containing AIO. Most are 9 letters long, they average 13.4 points, the best is PIZZAIOLA (29 points) and 47.1% end in S.

Total words: 17
Most common length: 9 letters; 5 words
Average Scrabble score: 13.4; out of 29 max
Longest word: ELAIOSOMES; 10 letters
Most common ending: S; 47.1% of words

Most common last letters

s 47.1%
e 17.6%
a 11.8%

Top vowel pairs

ai100%
io100%
ua11.8%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing AIO

p ₃i ₁z ₁₀z ₁₀a ₁i ₁o ₁l ₁a ₁

P 3 + I 1 + Z 10 + Z 10 + A 1 + I 1 + O 1 + L 1 + A 1 = 29 points

Double word: 58 pts
Triple word: 87 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

pizzaiola

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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