What HONING Means
HONING 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
HONING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 N1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In HONING
34 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.
5 letter words (3)
4 letter words (7)
3 letter words (14)
2 letter words (10)
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