BONE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BONE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BONE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does BONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Any of the hard pieces of tissue that make up the skeleton of a human or other vertebrate.
Bone is the calcified material that gives the body its rigid framework and protects organs. By extension, the word also names any single piece of that skeleton, such as a rib or a leg bone.
How BONE is used
Common in everyday, medical and anatomical use.
- The dog buried a bone in the garden.
- X-rays showed a small crack in the bone.
- She broke a bone in her wrist last winter.
- The soup was simmered with a beef bone for flavour.
- Archaeologists found a single bone from an ancient animal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BONE
The 4 tiles of BONE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BONE
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with BONE.
Words ending in BONE
Showing 24 of 39 words that end in BONE. Useful as a back hook: play BONE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BONE inside
Showing 24 of 62 words that contain BONE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BONE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BONE
Common questions about BONE
- Is BONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONE worth?
- BONE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONE mean?
- Any of the hard pieces of tissue that make up the skeleton of a human or other vertebrate.
- What letters can be added to BONE?
- BONE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BONE:
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