ATONE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ATONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATONE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATONE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATONE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATONE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ATONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,421.
What does ATONE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make amends for a wrong or failing, especially by doing something to make up for the harm caused.
A person who tries to atone usually accepts responsibility for a mistake and takes some deliberate action, such as an apology, service, or sacrifice, to balance the harm done. The word often carries a moral or religious weight, appearing in discussions of guilt, sin, and forgiveness, though it is equally at home describing an everyday effort to make up for a smaller fault. Someone can atone for a single action or for a longer pattern of behaviour, and the process is usually seen as ongoing rather than instant. In religious contexts, to atone can mean seeking forgiveness from a higher power rather than simply the person who was wronged.
How ATONE is used
Used in both religious and everyday contexts, always followed by "for" when naming the wrong being addressed.
- He spent years trying to atone for his youthful mistakes.
- She volunteered at the shelter hoping to atone for her neglect.
- Nothing he said could atone for the damage already done.
- The company donated the profits to atone for its earlier failure.
- He wrote a long letter, hoping it might atone for his silence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ATONE
The 5 tiles of ATONE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ATONE
7 longer words begin with ATONE.
Words ending in ATONE
2 words end in ATONE. Useful as a back hook: play ATONE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ATONE inside
5 words contain ATONE in the middle. Words that start with ATONE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ATONE
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Common questions about ATONE
- Is ATONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATONE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATONE worth?
- ATONE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATONE mean?
- To make amends for a wrong or failing, especially by doing something to make up for the harm caused.
- What letters can be added to ATONE?
- ATONE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ATONE:
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