OCHONE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OCHONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OCHONE?
| 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 OCHONE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OCHONE
No single letter turns OCHONE into another word.
How OCHONE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OCHONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,824.
What does OCHONE mean in Scrabble?
interjection
Irish
An exclamation of sorrow or lament, used especially in Irish and Scottish speech.
Ochone is borrowed from the Gaelic cry of grief, and writers use it to give a character a Celtic voice. It usually stands alone or opens a mournful line. The variant ohone exists but is much rarer.
How OCHONE is used
Literary and dialect; mostly found in fiction and old songs.
- Ochone, the house is empty since they left!
- The old woman cried ochone at the news.
- Ochone was the first word of the lament.
- He sang ochone over the wide grey sea.
- Ochone, ochone, what will become of us?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OCHONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in OCHONE
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Common questions about OCHONE
- Is OCHONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OCHONE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OCHONE worth?
- OCHONE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OCHONE mean?
- An exclamation of sorrow or lament, used especially in Irish and Scottish speech.
- What letters can be added to OCHONE?
- No single letter can be added to OCHONE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OCHONE:
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