Yes. AGIO is a valid word.
AGIO is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AGIO 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 AGIO
AGIO is a banking word for the premium or fee paid when exchanging one currency for another, or one form of money for a more valuable one; its plural is AGIOS. It comes through Italian. AGIO uses three vowels, A, I and O, with one G, which makes it useful on a vowel-heavy rack. Picture the money-exchange booth at an airport charging you agio.
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AGIO scores 5 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + G 2 + I 1 + O 1 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AGIO as the first play
Later in the game, put the G on a 3L square and AGIO is worth 9 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After AGIO (1):
- AGIOSform of AGIO: a fee charged for exchanging currencies
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from AGIO
Change one tile
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A, G, I and O.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
AGIO + L
- LOGIAform of LOGION: a saying of Jesus that is regarded as authentic although it is not recorded in the Gospels
AGIO + M
AGIO + N
- GONIAform of GONION: the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw
AGIO + S
- AGIOSform of AGIO: a fee charged for exchanging currencies
Memory tip
AGIO is the extra fee paid to swap one currency for another. Think of agio at the money-exchange window.
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