FON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FON?
| 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 FON is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FON scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does FON mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicobsolete
An old word for a foolish person; a fool.
In earlier English, a fon was someone regarded as silly, simple-minded, or easily deceived, and the word was used much as fool is used today. It has since dropped out of ordinary speech and now appears mainly in older texts and glossaries of historical English.
How FON is used
Obsolete; found in older literature rather than in current speech.
- The old poem mocks the fon who trusts every flattering word he hears.
- Only a fon would sign such a paper without reading it.
- The play casts the servant as a harmless fon who blunders through every scene.
- He called himself a fon for ever believing the promise.
- The proverb warns that a fon and his money are soon parted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FON
Showing 24 of 53 words that begin with FON.
Words ending in FON
5 words end in FON. Useful as a back hook: play FON onto a word already on the board.
Words with FON inside
Showing 24 of 63 words that contain FON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FON
Common questions about FON
- Is FON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FON, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FON worth?
- FON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FON mean?
- An old word for a foolish person; a fool.
- What letters can be added to FON?
- FON takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FON:
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