ZONE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ZONE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZONE?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZONE is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZONE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZONE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZONE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does ZONE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An area distinguished by a particular feature.
Zone is Greek for a belt or girdle, and the geographical sense came from the bands of climate drawn round a globe. Zoning as a planning term is American and dates from 1916.
How ZONE is used
Countable. Also a verb: zoned, zones.
- The zone was redrawn twice and satisfied nobody.
- The word zone is Greek for a belt.
- They zoned the whole quarter for housing.
- A climate zone is a band drawn round the globe.
- Two zones meeting at a road is a planning argument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZONE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZONE
7 longer words begin with ZONE.
Words ending in ZONE
24 words end in ZONE. Useful as a back hook: play ZONE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZONE inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain ZONE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZONE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZONE
Common questions about ZONE
- Is ZONE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZONE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZONE worth?
- ZONE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZONE mean?
- An area distinguished by a particular feature.
- What letters can be added to ZONE?
- ZONE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZONE:
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