Yes. AUDIO is a valid word.
AUDIO is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
AUDIO 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 AUDIO
AUDIO means sound, especially recorded or broadcast sound, as in audio books; its plural is AUDIOS. It is one of the most useful vowel dumps because it is so familiar: A, U, I and O all leave your rack with a single D, and everyone knows it. Keep it in mind whenever you are stuck with a U. The word comes from the Latin for “I hear”. Its relatives AUDIT and AUDIBLE share the root.
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AUDIO scores 6 points
Before any bonus squares: A 1 + U 1 + D 2 + I 1 + O 1 = 6. On a double-word square that's 12, on a triple-word 18, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: AUDIO as the first play
Later in the game, put the D on a 3L square and AUDIO is worth 10 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After AUDIO (1):
- AUDIOSform of AUDIO: the audible part of a transmitted signal
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from AUDIO
Other forms of AUDIO (1):
- AUDIOSform of AUDIO: the audible part of a transmitted signal
Words that start with AUDIO:
- AUDIOBOOK
- AUDIOGRAMa graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound
- AUDIOLOGYthe measurement of hearing
- AUDIOTAPEa tape recording of sound
- AUDIOBOOKS
- AUDIOGENIC
- AUDIOGRAMSform of AUDIOGRAM: a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound
- AUDIOLOGIC
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- AUDIOMETERan instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing
- AUDIOMETRYthe measurement of hearing
- AUDIOPHILE
- AUDIOTAPEDform of AUDIOTAPE: a tape recording of sound
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of AUDIO and these are still words:
- AUDITan inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A, U, D, I and O.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
AUDIO + S
- AUDIOSform of AUDIO: the audible part of a transmitted signal
Memory tip
AUDIO means sound, as on a recording or a television. Four vowels and a D.
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