AUNE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. AUNE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AUNE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUNE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aunesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUNE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in AUNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What does AUNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
obsoletehistorical
An old French unit of length used for measuring cloth, roughly equal to an English ell.
Before France adopted the metric system, cloth merchants measured fabric in aunes, and the exact length varied somewhat from one town to another. The meter replaced the aune, so the word now appears only in historical accounts of trade and tailoring.
How AUNE is used
Found in historical writing about pre-metric France; not used for modern measurement.
- The merchant sold the silk by the aune.
- An aune of linen cost more in Paris than in the provinces.
- Old account books list cloth purchases in aunes.
- The tailor measured out three aunes of velvet for the gown.
- The aune was abandoned once the meter became the legal standard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUNE
1 longer words begin with AUNE.
Words ending in AUNE
2 words end in AUNE. Useful as a back hook: play AUNE onto a word already on the board.
Words with AUNE inside
6 words contain AUNE in the middle. Words that start with AUNE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AUNE
Common questions about AUNE
- Is AUNE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AUNE is not in it.
- How many points is AUNE worth?
- AUNE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUNE mean?
- An old French unit of length used for measuring cloth, roughly equal to an English ell.
- What letters can be added to AUNE?
- AUNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of AUNE:
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