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ONLY

4 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What ONLY Means

  1. adverb: and nothing more“I was merely asking”
  2. adverb: without any others being included or involved“was entirely to blame”
  3. adjective: being the only one; single and isolated from others“the lone doctor in the entire county”
  4. adjective: exclusive of anyone or anything else“she alone believed him”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ONLY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 N1 L1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In ONLY

10 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.

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing ONLY

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

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.