What does STONE mean?

Pronunciation
/stoʊn/
Letters
5
Scrabble score
5
Words With Friends score
6
How common
Common

Meaning

noun

  1. a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter“he threw a rock at me”
  2. building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose“he wanted a special stone to mark the site”
  3. material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust“that mountain is solid rock”
  4. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry“he had the gem set in a ring for his wife”
  5. an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds“a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone”
  6. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed“you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking”
  7. a lack of feeling or expression or movement“he must have a heart of stone”

verb

  1. kill by throwing stones at“People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

stones6

Anagrams of STONE

notes5tones5onset5 seton5steno5

Words inside STONE

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

nest4 nets4nose4 note4 ones4sent4 tens4toes4tone4 tons4 net3 nos3not3 one3 ons3sen3 set3 son3 ten3 toe3 ton3 en2 es2et2ne2no2 on2 os2 so2 to2

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Questions

Is STONE a valid word in word games?

STONE 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 STONE worth?

STONE is worth 5 points with Scrabble letter values and 6 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from STONE?

40 other words, including TO, ON, NOT and SO.