WON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. WON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WON?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WON is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WON scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about WON
- 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 WON mean in Scrabble?
noun
The currency of North and South Korea.
Won is written the same way in both countries and is worth quite different amounts in each, which makes the name one of very few things they still share. It is divided into subunits that inflation took out of use several decades ago.
How WON is used
Countable, and the plural is also won.
- Prices are quoted in won and rounded to the nearest hundred.
- A thousand won will buy a coffee and not much else.
- The won of one country is not the won of the other.
- The word won names two currencies with one spelling.
- Subunits of the won have not been used since the 1980s.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WON
The 3 tiles of WON in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WON
Showing 24 of 68 words that begin with WON.
Words ending in WON
3 words end in WON. Useful as a back hook: play WON onto a word already on the board.
Words with WON inside
20 words contain WON in the middle. Words that start with WON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WON
Common questions about WON
- Is WON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WON, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WON worth?
- WON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WON mean?
- The currency of North and South Korea.
- What letters can be added to WON?
- WON takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WON:
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