PHON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PHON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHON?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHON is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PHON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does PHON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of perceived loudness.
A phon measures how loud a sound seems rather than how much energy it carries, which is why the scale has to be tied to a listener. The name comes from Greek for sound.
How PHON is used
Countable: one phon, forty phons.
- A phon is defined against what a listener reports.
- The word phon comes from Greek for sound.
- Forty phons is a quiet room.
- Energy and phons are not the same measurement.
- Two phons apart is barely noticeable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHON
Showing 24 of 169 words that begin with PHON.
Words ending in PHON
16 words end in PHON. Useful as a back hook: play PHON onto a word already on the board.
Words with PHON inside
Showing 24 of 413 words that contain PHON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PHON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PHON
Common questions about PHON
- Is PHON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHON worth?
- PHON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHON mean?
- A unit of perceived loudness.
- What letters can be added to PHON?
- PHON takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PHON:
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