ONER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ONER is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ONER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ONER is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ONER scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ONER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,135.
What stands out about ONER
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ONER mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A person or thing that stands out as exceptional.
Oner is built the plain way, from one plus the ending that makes a doer, and it means whatever the speaker most admires at that moment: a hard blow, a tall story, a person nobody can match. It also covers anything managed in a single attempt, so a film shot without a cut is a oner too.
How ONER is used
Countable: a oner, two oners. Takes a rather than an, because the sound at the front is a w.
- That last excuse was a oner even by his standards.
- The whole scene is a oner, four minutes without a cut.
- She caught him a oner on the ear and walked off.
- The story grew with each telling until it was a proper oner.
- He is a oner for turning up once the work is finished.
- They filmed it as a oner and got it on the ninth attempt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONER and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ONER
The 4 tiles of ONER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ONER
8 longer words begin with ONER.
Words ending in ONER
Showing 24 of 130 words that end in ONER. Useful as a back hook: play ONER onto a word already on the board.
Words with ONER inside
Showing 24 of 184 words that contain ONER somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ONER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ONER
Common questions about ONER
- Is ONER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONER, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONER worth?
- ONER is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONER mean?
- A person or thing that stands out as exceptional.
- What letters can be added to ONER?
- ONER takes 10 hooks: 8 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ONER:
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