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Is olio a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word olio is a Scrabble US word. The word olio is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is olio a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word olio is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

O1L1I1O1

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4-letter words (1 found)

OLIO,

3-letter words (2 found)

LOO,OIL,

2-letter words (5 found)

IO,LI,LO,OI,OO,

You can make 8 words from olio according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of olio

olio

English

Etymology

From Spanish olla or Portuguese olha, both from Latin olla (“pot, jar”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊljəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊljoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊljəʊ

Noun

olio (countable and uncountable, plural olios)

  1. A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
  2. (figuratively) A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
    Synonyms: mishmash, oddments; see also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
  3. (figuratively) A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
  4. (figuratively, by extension) Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.

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  • Iolo

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin oleum.

Noun

olio

  1. oil

Finnish

Etymology

olla (“to exist”) +‎ -io

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈolio/, [ˈo̞lio̞]
  • Rhymes: -olio
  • Syllabification(key): o‧li‧o
  • Hyphenation(key): olio

Noun

olio

  1. creature, being, thing
  2. entity
  3. (philosophy) object
  4. (programming) object

Declension

Synonyms

  • (creature): olento

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “olio”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • loio

Italian

Alternative forms

  • oglio (regional)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ljo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔljo
  • Hyphenation: ò‧lio

Etymology 1

From Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion).

Alternative forms

  • oglio (dialectal)

Noun

olio m (plural oli)

  1. oil
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: о́лио (ólio)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

olio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of oliare

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoljo/ [ˈo.ljo]
  • Rhymes: -oljo
  • Syllabification: o‧lio

Noun

olio m (plural olios)

  1. alternative form of óleo

Further reading

  • “olio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Yoruba

Etymology

From olí- (“one who has”) +‎ ió (“money”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ō.líó/

Noun

olíó

  1. (Ekiti) alternative form of olówó (“rich person”)

Source: wiktionary.org