wone

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/wəʊn/ (UK)
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/wəʊn/ (UK) · /woʊn/ (US)

Definition of wone

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, dialectal, obsolete)To live, reside, stay.
    “This I make thi wonnyng playce, / ffull of myrth and of solace”
    “For now the best and noblest knight alive Prince Arthur is, that wonnes in Faerie Lond; He hath a sword, that flames like burning brond.”
    “Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned[…]”
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verb

  1. (archaic, dialectal, obsolete)To live, reside, stay.
    “This I make thi wonnyng playce, / ffull of myrth and of solace”
    “For now the best and noblest knight alive Prince Arthur is, that wonnes in Faerie Lond; He hath a sword, that flames like burning brond.”
    “Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned[…]”

noun

  1. (obsolete, poetic)A house, home, habitation, dwelling.
    “On the cool height awhile out Palmers ſtay, And ſpite even of themſelves their Senſes chear; Then to the Wizard's Wonne their Steps they ſteer.”
  2. (obsolete, poetic)Wealth, riches.
    “What secret place (quoth he) can safely hold So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eye? Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much gold Thou canst preserve from wrong and robbery?”

num

  1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Eye dialect spelling of one.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English wonen (“to abide, dwell”), from Old English wunian (“to dwell, be accustomed to”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną (“to be wont; dwell”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive; wish; love”).

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