What does PHONE mean?

Pronunciation
/foʊn/
Letters
5
Scrabble score
10
Words With Friends score
11
How common
Very common

Meaning

noun

  1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds“I talked to him on the telephone”
  2. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  3. electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear“it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked”

verb

  1. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone“I tried to call you all night”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

phoned12phones11phoning13

Anagrams of PHONE

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside PHONE

30 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

hone7hope9 nope6open6 peon6phon9pone6eon3hen6hep8hoe6hon6hop8 noh6one3 ope5peh8pen5 poh8eh5en2 he5 ho5ne2no2 oe2oh5on2 op4pe4

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Questions

Is PHONE a valid word in word games?

PHONE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is PHONE worth?

PHONE is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 11 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from PHONE?

30 other words, including ON, HE, ONE and NO.