Yes. GO is a valid word.
GO is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
GO 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 GO
GO is everyday, and also the name of an ancient board game of black and white stones played on a grid. It hooks into GOA, GOB, GOD, GOO, GOR and GOT.
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GO scores 3 points
Before any bonus squares: G 2 + O 1 = 3. On a double-word square that's 6, on a triple-word 9, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: GO as the first play
Later in the game, put the G on a 3L square and GO is worth 7 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After GO (8):
- GOA
- GOBa man who serves as a sailor
- GODany supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
- GOOany thick, viscous matter
- GOR
- GOSform of GO: change location
- GOTform of GET: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- GOXgaseous oxygen
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from GO
Other forms of GO (6):
Words that start with GO:
- GOADa pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
- GOALthe state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- GOAS
- GOATany of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
- GOBO
- GOBSform of GOB: a man who serves as a sailor
- GOBYsmall spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as…
- GODSform of GOD: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of GO and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters G and O.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
GO + C
- COGa subordinate who performs an important but routine function
GO + D
GO + E
- EGOan inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
GO + F
- FOGdroplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
GO + H
- HOGtake greedily
GO + J
- JOGto run at a slow, steady pace
GO + L
- LOGa segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
Memory tip
GO means to move along, and it is also the board game played with black and white stones. Add a T for GOT or a D for GOD.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with G
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
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.
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