IONONE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. IONONE 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 IONONE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IONONE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IONONE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
iononesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IONONE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in IONONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 26,280.
What does IONONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalchemistry
A fragrant chemical compound with a violet-like scent, used in the making of perfumes.
Ionone is a family of related chemical compounds prized for a scent reminiscent of violets, and it is one of the classic building blocks of modern perfumery. It occurs naturally in trace amounts in some plants but is mostly produced synthetically for use in soaps, cosmetics and fragrances. Chemists distinguish several forms, commonly labelled with Greek letters such as alpha and beta ionone, which differ slightly in structure and smell. Its discovery in the late nineteenth century made violet scent far cheaper to reproduce than extracting it from real flowers.
How IONONE is used
A technical term from chemistry and perfumery, rarely used outside those fields.
- The violet note in the perfume came from synthetic ionone.
- Chemists separated the mixture into alpha and beta ionone.
- Ionone gives many soaps their faint floral scent.
- The lab measured how much ionone remained after distillation.
- Natural ionone occurs only in tiny amounts in real violets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IONONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IONONE
1 longer words begin with IONONE.
Shorter words from the letters in IONONE
Common questions about IONONE
- Is IONONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IONONE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IONONE worth?
- IONONE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IONONE mean?
- A fragrant chemical compound with a violet-like scent, used in the making of perfumes.
- What letters can be added to IONONE?
- IONONE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of IONONE:
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