Words Containing BIO
100 wordsBIO brings the Greek word for life into English, creating a rich vocabulary of scientific and technical terms. From biology to biography, these words describe living things and the stories we tell about them.
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3Pattern Guide
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The BIO pattern connects ancient Greek concepts of life to modern science and storytelling.
Vocabulary & Language
Linguistic patterns and usage statistics
BIO comes from the Greek 'bios' meaning life, and it functions almost exclusively as a prefix in English. This root generates compound words across medicine, ecology, and literature—BIOLOGY studies life itself, while BIOGRAPHY studies individual lives. The pattern rarely appears mid-word or at the end, making it predictable but versatile for building scientific terminology.
Total Words
230
0.1% of dictionary
Avg Length
10.8 letters
4.9 syllables
Top Scrabble
SEMIAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
32 points
Longest Word
SEMIAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
20 letters
Parts of Speech
At 77% nouns and 20% adjectives, BIO words overwhelmingly name things and describe them—fitting for scientific vocabulary. The average length of 10.8 letters reflects how BIO typically combines with other Greek or Latin roots to form precise technical terms.
Proto-Hellenic and Ancient Greek dominate this pattern's origins, which makes sense for a fundamentally Greek root. The etymology of BIOTIN traces an interesting path from German scientific naming back through Ancient Greek 'biotos' (life) to Proto-Indo-European roots. This shows how modern scientific vocabulary often recycles ancient language material through German or French intermediaries.
Word Games
High-value words for board games
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment
Long (8+)
of or relating to a work that combines autobiography and fiction
Short (2-4)
Medium (5-7)
a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment
Long (8+)
of or relating to a work that combines autobiography and fiction
BIOCHIP scores 16 points in Scrabble but jumps to 18 in Words With Friends, making it more valuable in WWF despite identical letter values for this particular word. The real strategic difference appears in longer plays: SEMIAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL nets 32 points in Scrabble versus 38 in WWF. With BIO words averaging nearly 11 letters, they often require building off existing tiles rather than playing from scratch—look for opportunities to extend words like BIOG into BIOGRAPHY.
Wordle
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Common Words (likely answers)
a discrete unit of living matter
a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
all the plant and animal life of a particular region
Length Extremes
Longest and shortest valid words
Longest
BIO words skew long because the prefix naturally combines with other substantial roots—you rarely see BIO standing alone. Technical and scientific vocabulary demands precision, which means stacking multiple meaningful components into single terms.
Hidden Gems
Rare but valid words to surprise opponents
application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems)
dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes
"sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism"
pertaining to biology or to life and living things
BIOTITE is a dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock. Named after French physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot, it's a legitimate Scrabble word that most players would never guess exists. At just 7 letters, it's more playable than the typical BIO compound and connects scientific vocabulary to mineralogy.
Popular crossword answers
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