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HONED

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HONED Means

HONED is a form of HONE, which means:

  1. noun: a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
  2. noun: a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
  3. verb: sharpen with a hone“hone a knife”
  4. verb: make perfect or complete“perfect your French in Paris!”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HONED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 N1 E1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In HONED

37 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (13)

Longer Words Containing HONED

HONED appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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