ONE is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ONE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ONE is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 15 hooks, and its letters make up 8.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ONE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 281.
What does ONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The lowest cardinal number; a single unit.
One was pronounced to rhyme with bone until about 1500, when a w sound crept in at the front in the west of England and then spread everywhere. The spelling never caught up, which is why only and atone still show the older sound.
How ONE is used
Number, pronoun and determiner.
- One of them arrived and the other did not.
- The word one used to rhyme with bone.
- Only and atone keep the older sound of one.
- Two into one will not go and never did.
- One is the loneliest number in a song and nowhere else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ONE
The 3 tiles of ONE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ONE
Showing 24 of 40 words that begin with ONE.
Words ending in ONE
Showing 24 of 541 words that end in ONE. Useful as a back hook: play ONE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ONE inside
Showing 24 of 2166 words that contain ONE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ONE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ONE
Common questions about ONE
- Is ONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONE, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONE worth?
- ONE is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONE mean?
- The lowest cardinal number; a single unit.
- What letters can be added to ONE?
- ONE takes 15 hooks: 13 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ONE:
Open ONE in the Word Finder