Yes. WO is a valid word.
WO is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
WO 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 WO
WO is an old spelling of woe, as in the phrase wo is me. It is one of the few two-letter homes for the 4-point W, and it hooks into WOE, WOK, WON, WOO, WOS and WOT.
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WO scores 5 points
Before any bonus squares: W 4 + 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: WO as the first play
Later in the game, put the W on a 3L square and WO is worth 13 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
In front of WO (1):
- TWObeing one more than one
After WO (7):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from WO
Other forms of WO (1):
Words that start with WO:
- WOADa blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
- WOESform of WOE: misery resulting from affliction
- WOKEform of WAKE: be awake, be alert, be there
- WOKSform of WOK: pan with a convex bottom
- WOLDa tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
- WOLFany of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
- WOMBa hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females
- WONKan insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of WO and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
WO is an old spelling of woe. Reverse it for OW, and add an E for WOE, a K for WOK or an N for WON.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with W
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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. 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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