What does HONE mean?
HONE is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
- Pronunciation
- /hoʊn/
- Letters
- 4
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Words With Friends score
- 7
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
noun
- a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
verb
- sharpen with a hone“hone a knife”
- make perfect or complete“perfect your French in Paris!”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
honed9hones8honing10
Anagrams of HONE
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside HONE
15 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
Related
Questions
Is HONE a Scrabble word?
HONE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is HONE worth?
HONE is worth 7 points with Scrabble letter values and 7 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from HONE?
15 other words, including ON, HE, ONE and NO.