PHONO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PHONO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHONO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHONO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHONO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHONO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PHONO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,035.
What does PHONO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalhistorical
A phonograph or record player, or, in shortened form, a phonograph record; also used as an adjective for the plug and socket used to connect audio equipment.
Phono is an informal, mainly British short form of phonograph, once used for the record player itself and sometimes for the records played on it. The word survives today chiefly in phono plug and phono socket, the standard connector used on turntables, amplifiers and other audio equipment. Someone setting up a record player still needs to plug a phono cable into a phono input, keeping the old word alive in a narrow technical sense long after phono meaning record player fell out of everyday use. Outside that connector, phono now sounds distinctly dated.
How PHONO is used
Informal and now largely historical outside the fixed technical phrase phono plug or phono socket.
- Grandfather still called the record player a phono.
- The amplifier has two phono inputs on the back panel.
- She unplugged the phono cable and coiled it neatly.
- Old adverts described the machine simply as a phono.
- He needed a phono lead to connect the turntable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHONO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHONO
Showing 24 of 62 words that begin with PHONO.
Words with PHONO inside
23 words contain PHONO in the middle. Words that start with PHONO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PHONO
Common questions about PHONO
- Is PHONO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHONO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHONO worth?
- PHONO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHONO mean?
- A phonograph or record player, or, in shortened form, a phonograph record; also used as an adjective for the plug and socket used to connect audio equipment.
- What letters can be added to PHONO?
- PHONO takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PHONO:
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