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Is crone a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word crone is a Scrabble US word. The word crone is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is crone a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word crone is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

C3R1O1N1E1

Is crone a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word crone is a Words With Friends word. The word crone is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

CRONE,ONCER,RECON,

4-letter words (9 found)

CERO,CONE,CORE,CORN,CRON,ONCE,ONER,RENO,RONE,

3-letter words (14 found)

CON,COR,ECO,EON,ERN,NOR,ONE,ORC,ORE,REC,REN,REO,ROC,ROE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,ER,NE,NO,OE,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 35 words from crone according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of crone

crone rcone corne ocrne rocne orcne crnoe rcnoe cnroe ncroe rncoe nrcoe conre ocnre cnore ncore oncre nocre ronce ornce rnoce nroce onrce norce croen rcoen coren ocren rocen orcen creon rceon ceron ecron recon ercon coern ocern ceorn ecorn oecrn eocrn roecn orecn reocn erocn oercn eorcn crneo rcneo cnreo ncreo rnceo nrceo creno rceno cerno ecrno recno ercno cnero ncero cenro ecnro necro encro rneco nreco renco ernco nerco enrco coner ocner cnoer ncoer oncer nocer coenr ocenr ceonr econr oecnr eocnr cneor nceor cenor ecnor necor encor onecr noecr oencr eoncr neocr enocr ronec ornec rnoec nroec onrec norec roenc orenc reonc eronc oernc eornc rneoc nreoc renoc ernoc neroc enroc onerc noerc oenrc eonrc neorc enorc

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Definitions and meaning of crone

crone

Etymology

From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /kɹoʊn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹəʊn/
  • Rhymes: -əʊn
  • Homophone: crosne

Noun

crone (plural crones)

  1. (archaic) An old woman.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:old woman
  2. An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
  3. An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
  4. (obsolete) An old ewe.
  5. (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

Translations

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “crone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Ceron, Creon, Oncer, necro, necro-, oncer, recon

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch corōna, from Latin corōna. Doublet of crune.

Noun

crône f

  1. crown, wreath

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • crônen

Descendants

  • Dutch: kroon
    • Afrikaans: kroon
    • → Indonesian: kerun
    • Negerhollands: kroon
  • Limburgish: kroean

Further reading

  • “crone”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “crone (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

crone

  1. Alternative form of crane (“crane”)

Source: wiktionary.org