BONNE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BONNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BONNE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BONNE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BONNE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BONNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BONNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 26,142.
What does BONNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishhistorical
A nursemaid or female household servant, especially a French one employed to care for children.
Borrowed directly from the French word for good, used as a noun for a female servant, bonne entered English mainly through households that employed French staff to look after young children in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A bonne's duties centered on the nursery rather than general housework, distinguishing her from an ordinary housemaid. The word now reads as somewhat dated, and it appears mainly in older novels, memoirs, and historical writing about domestic service.
How BONNE is used
A somewhat dated borrowing from French, met mainly in older English fiction and accounts of household service.
- The children spent their afternoons in the garden with their bonne.
- A French bonne was hired to look after the youngest child.
- The novel describes the strict routine kept by the family's bonne.
- She had been the family's bonne for nearly twenty years.
- Letters from the period mention the bonne taking the children to the park.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BONNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BONNE
5 longer words begin with BONNE.
Words with BONNE inside
15 words contain BONNE in the middle. Words that start with BONNE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BONNE
Common questions about BONNE
- Is BONNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BONNE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BONNE worth?
- BONNE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BONNE mean?
- A nursemaid or female household servant, especially a French one employed to care for children.
- What letters can be added to BONNE?
- BONNE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BONNE:
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