Yes. AERO is a valid word.
AERO is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AERO is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About AERO
AERO describes things to do with aircraft or flight, the same root that begins aerospace and aerobatics. It clears an A, an E and an O with a single R, which helps when your rack is crowded with vowels. Picture a small plane with A, E and O painted on its wing, and one R for the runway.
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AERO scores 4 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + E 1 + R 1 + O 1 = 4. On a double-word square that's 8, on a triple-word 12, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AERO as the first play
Later in the game, put the A on a 3L square and AERO is worth 6 before any word bonus.
Longer words from AERO
Words that start with AERO:
- AEROBEan organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life
- AEROBAT
- AEROBESform of AEROBE: an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life
- AEROBIA
- AEROBICform of AEROBE: an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life
- AEROGEL
- AEROSAT
- AEROSOLa cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AERO and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A, E, R and O.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
AERO + C
AERO + F
AERO + M
AERO + S
- AROSEform of ARISE: come into existence
Memory tip
AERO means having to do with aircraft or flying, as in aerospace. Picture a little plane taking off.
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Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.