What HONES Means
HONES is a form of HONE, which means:
- noun: a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
- 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.
- verb: sharpen with a hone“hone a knife”
- verb: make perfect or complete“perfect your French in Paris!”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HONES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 N1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of HONES (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In HONES
45 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 (13)
3 letter words (19)
2 letter words (13)
Longer Words Containing HONES
HONES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AEROPHONESALLOPHONESAUDIPHONESCAMPHONESCARDPHONESCARPHONESCELLPHONESDIAPHONESDIPHONESDISHONESTDISHONESTYEARPHONESECPHONESESECPHONESISFREEPHONESGEOPHONESHANDPHONESHEADPHONESHOMOPHONESHONESTHONESTERHONESTESTHONESTIESHONESTLYHONESTNESSHONESTYIDEOPHONESIDIOPHONESISOPHONESMEGAPHONESOPTOPHONESPAYPHONESPHONESPOLYPHONESPYROPHONESPYTHONESSRHONESSAXOPHONESSULPHONESTELEPHONES
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