TOON is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. TOON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOON?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOON is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
toonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TOON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,890.
What stands out about TOON
- 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 TOON mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A cartoon, or a character in one.
Toon is the animator's clipping and it names both the film and the figure in it, which is why a toon can be watched or can be a character with a contract. The word spread beyond the studio in the late 1980s and has stayed slightly playful ever since.
How TOON is used
Countable: a toon, the toons. Often attributive — toon town, toon physics.
- The toon ran nine minutes and cost more than the feature.
- He drew the same toon every week for eleven years.
- A toon can fall off a cliff and walk away, and that is the joke.
- She grew up on toons and went into animation because of them.
- The studio owns every toon it ever made and licenses them all.
- Saturday morning was three hours of toons and nothing else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOON and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TOON
The 4 tiles of TOON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with TOON
3 longer words begin with TOON.
Words ending in TOON
18 words end in TOON. Useful as a back hook: play TOON onto a word already on the board.
Words with TOON inside
Showing 24 of 49 words that contain TOON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TOON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TOON
Common questions about TOON
- Is TOON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOON, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOON worth?
- TOON is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOON mean?
- A cartoon, or a character in one.
- What letters can be added to TOON?
- TOON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TOON:
Open TOON in the Word Finder