EBON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. EBON 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 EBON?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EBON is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EBON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EBON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in EBON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What does EBON mean in Scrabble?
adjective
poeticliterary
Made of ebony, or as black and glossy as ebony.
Poets reach for ebon instead of black or ebony when they want a darker, more old-fashioned sound, describing ebon hair, ebon night or an ebon sky. It comes from the same root as ebony, the hard black wood, but as a separate word it survives mainly in verse and deliberately elevated prose rather than everyday description.
How EBON is used
Literary and poetic; rare in plain modern description.
- The poem describes an ebon sky pierced by a single star.
- Her ebon hair fell loose over her shoulders.
- The carving was set in a frame of ebon wood.
- An ebon cat crossed the moonlit path.
- The old ballad calls the lake water ebon and still.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EBON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EBON
The 4 tiles of EBON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with EBON
16 longer words begin with EBON.
Words with EBON inside
Showing 24 of 35 words that contain EBON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EBON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EBON
Common questions about EBON
- Is EBON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EBON, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EBON worth?
- EBON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EBON mean?
- Made of ebony, or as black and glossy as ebony.
- What letters can be added to EBON?
- EBON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of EBON:
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