NOON is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. NOON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOON?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOON is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
noonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NOON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,336.
What stands out about NOON
- NOON is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NOON mean in Scrabble?
noun
The middle of the day; twelve o'clock in daytime.
Noon marks the moment the sun sits at its highest point in the sky, splitting daylight hours evenly into morning and afternoon. People use the word both for that exact instant and loosely for the surrounding stretch of midday activity, as in meeting for lunch around noon.
How NOON is used
Common in everyday speech for 12:00 in the daytime, as opposed to midnight.
- We agreed to meet at noon outside the station.
- The sun was directly overhead by noon.
- Lunch is served from noon until two.
- By noon the market square was already crowded.
- The heat grew worse as noon approached.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOON
12 longer words begin with NOON.
Words ending in NOON
5 words end in NOON. Useful as a back hook: play NOON onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOON inside
4 words contain NOON in the middle. Words that start with NOON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOON
Common questions about NOON
- Is NOON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOON, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOON worth?
- NOON is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOON mean?
- The middle of the day; twelve o'clock in daytime.
- What letters can be added to NOON?
- NOON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NOON:
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