ONO is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ONO 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 ONO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ONO is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ONO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ONO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ONO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 963.
What stands out about ONO
- ONO is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
- The same 3 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 ONO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large game fish of the Pacific; the wahoo.
Ono is Hawaiian and means delicious, which is an unusual thing to name an animal after. The same word is used about food in general there, so a menu can call a fish delicious twice in three letters without repeating itself.
How ONO is used
Countable and uncountable.
- An ono is the same fish as a wahoo.
- The word ono means delicious in Hawaiian.
- Ono is caught by trolling and rarely any other way.
- A menu in Hawaii can use ono twice in one line.
- Two ono on the same line is a good morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ONO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ONO
The 3 tiles of ONO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ONO
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with ONO.
Words ending in ONO
10 words end in ONO. Useful as a back hook: play ONO onto a word already on the board.
Words with ONO inside
Showing 24 of 1463 words that contain ONO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ONO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ONO
Common questions about ONO
- Is ONO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ONO, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ONO worth?
- ONO is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ONO mean?
- A large game fish of the Pacific; the wahoo.
- What letters can be added to ONO?
- ONO takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ONO:
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