gao
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 4
- Words With Friends
- 5
- Letters
- 3
/ɡaʊ/(UK)
See all 4 pronunciations Show less
/ɡaʊ/(UK) · /ˈɡɑː.əʊ/ · /ˈɡaʊ/ · /ˈɡɑ.oʊ/
Definition of gao
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
name
-
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Government Accountability Office (or its former name, General Accounting Office).
“The Office of Management and Budget told the GAO it “withheld the funds to ensure that they were not spent ‘in a manner that could conflict with the President’s foreign policy,’” said Thomas Armstrong, the GAO’s general counsel. But the GAO rejected that argument.”
See all 4 definitions Show less
name
-
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Government Accountability Office (or its former name, General Accounting Office).
“The Office of Management and Budget told the GAO it “withheld the funds to ensure that they were not spent ‘in a manner that could conflict with the President’s foreign policy,’” said Thomas Armstrong, the GAO’s general counsel. But the GAO rejected that argument.”
-
(countable, uncountable)A surname.
“At least one lineage, the Kaos of Kuan-shan, had charitable land endowed for this purpose by a member in the seventeenth century.”
- A city, the capital of the Gao Region, Mali.
adj
- (Singapore, alt-of, alternative, colloquial)Alternative form of gau.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Mandarin 高 (Gāo).
Words you can make from gao
4 playable · top: AGO (4 pts)
Best play ago 4 points3-letter words
1 word2-letter words
2 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
A single letter you can add to gao to make another valid word.
Back
Find your best play with gao
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes gao, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.