AEON is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. AEON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AEON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AEON is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AEON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AEON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AEON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 756.
What stands out about AEON
- AEON runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AEON mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An immensely long, indefinite period of time; an age.
Aeon is used when ordinary units like years or centuries feel too small to describe how long something has lasted, as when a change is said to take an aeon or a memory feels like it comes from aeons ago. The word is a variant spelling of eon, borrowed from Greek aion meaning age.
How AEON is used
Chiefly literary; often used in the plural aeons for emphasis; standard British spelling, alongside eon in American usage.
- The canyon was carved by a river over countless aeons.
- It felt like an aeon since she had last seen her hometown.
- The old temple has stood for aeons, weathered but intact.
- Scientists spoke of an aeon in the deep history of the Earth.
- He joked that waiting in line felt like an aeon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AEON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AEON
The 4 tiles of AEON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AEON
3 longer words begin with AEON.
Words ending in AEON
4 words end in AEON. Useful as a back hook: play AEON onto a word already on the board.
Words with AEON inside
11 words contain AEON in the middle. Words that start with AEON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AEON
Common questions about AEON
- Is AEON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AEON, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AEON worth?
- AEON is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AEON mean?
- An immensely long, indefinite period of time; an age.
- What letters can be added to AEON?
- AEON takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AEON:
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