Yes. ARIA is a valid word.
ARIA is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
ARIA 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 ARIA
ARIA is a solo song in an opera or oratorio, sung by one voice; its plural is ARIAS. It comes from Italian. ARIA clears two A tiles and an I with just one R, so it is a dependable play when your rack is heavy with vowels, and everyone at the table knows it. Picture an opera singer holding a long, high A.
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ARIA scores 4 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + R 1 + I 1 + A 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: ARIA as the first play
Later in the game, put the A on a 3L square and ARIA is worth 6 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from ARIA
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of ARIA and these are still words:
- CRIA
- AMIAa freshwater fish
- AREAa particular extent of space or surface; a section of the cerebral cortex having a specific function
- ARIDlacking sufficient water or rainfall
- ARIEform of ARIA: an elaborate melody for a single voice
- ARILfleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed
Same letters, other words
These use exactly the letters of ARIA:
- RAIAsame as RAYAH: a non-Muslim inhabitant of Turkey
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
ARIA + C
- ACARIform of ACARUS: any of several mites of the order Acarina
ARIA + G
ARIA + L
ARIA + M
- MARIAform of MARE: female equine animal
ARIA + N
- NAIRAthe basic unit of money in Nigeria
ARIA + T
- ATRIAform of ATRIUM: any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
- RAITAan Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices
- RIATAa long noosed rope used to catch animals
- TIARAa jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
ARIA + V
Memory tip
ARIA is a song for one voice in an opera. Three vowels and an R.
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