HON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. HON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HON?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HON is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HON scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does HON mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Honey — used as a form of address.
Hon is clipped from honey and belongs mostly to American speech, where waitresses and grandmothers use it far more than strangers of the same age do. In Britain the same job is done by love, duck or pet, and which one depends entirely on the county.
How HON is used
Direct address only. Chiefly North American.
- What can I get you, hon?
- She calls everybody hon and remembers no names.
- A hon from a waitress in that state is standard.
- The word hon is clipped from a longer one.
- Nobody says hon to a stranger their own age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HON
The 3 tiles of HON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HON
Showing 24 of 139 words that begin with HON.
Words ending in HON
Showing 24 of 46 words that end in HON. Useful as a back hook: play HON onto a word already on the board.
Words with HON inside
Showing 24 of 901 words that contain HON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HON
Common questions about HON
- Is HON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HON, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HON worth?
- HON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HON mean?
- Honey — used as a form of address.
- What letters can be added to HON?
- HON takes 9 hooks: 3 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HON:
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