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Is once a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word once is a Scrabble US word. The word once is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is once a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word once is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

CONE,ONCE,

3-letter words (4 found)

CON,ECO,EON,ONE,

2-letter words (5 found)

EN,NE,NO,OE,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from once according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of once

once noce ocne cone ncoe cnoe onec noec oenc eonc neoc enoc ocen coen oecn eocn ceon econ nceo cneo neco enco ceno ecno

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word once. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in once.

Definitions and meaning of once

once

Etymology 1

From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (“one”)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (“once”) with the genitival suffix -es. Compare Old Saxon ēnes (“once”), Old High German eines, einēst (“once”), modern German einst (“once”). More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wŭn(t)s, IPA(key): /wʌn(t)s/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /wʌn(t)s/, /wɒn(t)s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /wʌn(t)s/
  • Rhymes: -ʌns

Adverb

once (not comparable)

  1. (frequency) One and only one time.
    Synonym: one time
  2. (temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.
  3. (chiefly obsolete) At any time; ever.
    If the facts once became known, we'd be in trouble.
  4. (obsolete) One day, someday.
  5. (mathematics) Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.
Synonyms
  • (one time): See Thesaurus:once
  • (formerly): See Thesaurus:formerly
Coordinate terms
  • (one time): twice, thrice, often, never, seldom
  • (formerly): yesterday, tomorrow
Derived terms
Translations
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Conjunction

once

  1. As soon as; when; after.
    We'll get a move on once we find the damn car keys!
    Once you have obtained the elven bow, return to the troll bridge and trade it for the sleeping potion.
    Once he is married, he will be able to claim the inheritance.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

once (plural onces)

  1. Obsolete form of ounce.

Anagrams

  • Coen, Cone, Econ., Noce, ceno-, coen-, cone, cœn-, econ, econ.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ūndecim.

Numeral

once (indeclinable)

  1. eleven

Derived terms

  • oncenu

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̃s/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin uncia.

Noun

once f (plural onces)

  1. ounce (avoirdupois ounce)
  2. (figuratively, by extension) a little bit
Descendants
  • → Turkish: ons

Etymology 2

From a rebracketing of Old French lonce which became l'once (la + once), itself from Vulgar Latin *luncea, from Latin lynx, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), or possibly borrowed from Italian lonza.

Noun

once f (plural onces)

  1. snow leopard

Further reading

  • “once”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • cône, noce

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin uncia.

Noun

once f (plural oncis)

  1. ounce

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese onze, from Latin ūndecim.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: on‧ce

Numeral

once (indeclinable)

  1. eleven

Italian

Noun

once f

  1. plural of oncia

Anagrams

  • Ceno, Noce, ceno, ceno-, cenò, noce, ocne

Middle English

Adverb

once

  1. Alternative form of ones

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • onze (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈonθe/ [ˈõn̟.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈonse/ [ˈõn.se]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -onθe
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -onse
  • Syllabification: on‧ce

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish onze, ondze, from Latin ūndecim.

Numeral

once

  1. eleven
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Cebuano: onse
  • → Tagalog: onse

Etymology 2

Snacks were typically taken at 11 am.

Noun

once f pl (plural only)

  1. (Latin America) elevenses, snack (bread with tea or coffee)
    tomar las once ― to have elevenses

Further reading

  • “once”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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