RONE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. RONE 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 RONE?
| 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 RONE is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RONE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RONE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,135.
What stands out about RONE
- 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 RONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A Scots word for a gutter fixed along the edge of a roof to carry away rainwater.
A rone runs the length of a roof and channels rain down into a downpipe, doing the same job that a gutter does elsewhere in English. The word and its variants, such as rhone and roan, remain common in Scottish building and plumbing talk.
How RONE is used
Standard term in Scottish English for what is called a gutter elsewhere.
- Water overflowed the rone during the heavy downpour.
- The joiner replaced the rusted rone along the back wall.
- Leaves clogged the rone every autumn without fail.
- He climbed the ladder to clear out the rone.
- The old cottage still had a cast-iron rone.
- A cracked rone let water run down the stonework.
- They fitted a new rone before the winter rains began.
- The rone dripped steadily onto the path below.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RONE and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see RONE
- The word rone is Scots for what most other English speakers simply call a gutter or downspout.
- Its variants rhone, roan, and ronepipe appear in older Scottish building records for the same fitting.
Anagrams of RONE
The 4 tiles of RONE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RONE
7 longer words begin with RONE.
Words ending in RONE
Showing 24 of 49 words that end in RONE. Useful as a back hook: play RONE onto a word already on the board.
Words with RONE inside
Showing 24 of 158 words that contain RONE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RONE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RONE
Common questions about RONE
- Is RONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RONE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RONE worth?
- RONE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RONE mean?
- A Scots word for a gutter fixed along the edge of a roof to carry away rainwater.
- What letters can be added to RONE?
- RONE takes 9 hooks: 7 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RONE:
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