GONE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GONE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GONE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GONE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How GONE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What does GONE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
No longer present, existing, or available; departed or used up.
Gone functions as an adjective describing something that has left, ended, or been consumed, as when supplies are gone or a person has already gone from a place. It also appears in phrases marking an advanced stage, such as far gone or six months gone, where it signals how much of a process has already happened.
How GONE is used
Common in everyday speech, both literally (the milk is gone) and figuratively (his patience was gone).
- By the time we arrived, the last train was already gone.
- She realized her keys were gone the moment she reached the door.
- The pain is gone now, thanks to the medicine.
- He was six months gone before anyone noticed the pregnancy.
- Once the money was gone, the plans fell apart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GONE
6 longer words begin with GONE.
Words ending in GONE
19 words end in GONE. Useful as a back hook: play GONE onto a word already on the board.
Words with GONE inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain GONE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GONE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GONE
Common questions about GONE
- Is GONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GONE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GONE worth?
- GONE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GONE mean?
- No longer present, existing, or available; departed or used up.
- What letters can be added to GONE?
- GONE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GONE:
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