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Is ons a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ons is a Scrabble US word. The word ons is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

O1N1S1

Is ons a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ons is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

O1N1S1

Is ons a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ons is a Words With Friends word. The word ons is worth 4 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Ons

You can make 7 words from 'ons' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'ons'

NOS 3ONS 3
SON 3 

2 letters words from 'ons'

NO 2ON 2
OS 2SO 2

All 3 letters words made out of ons

ons nos osn son nso sno

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

Definitions and meaning of ons

ons

Verb

ons

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of on

Anagrams

  • -son, NOS, NSO, Nos, Nos., SON, Son, nos, nos., son

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔns/, [ɔ̃s]

Etymology 1

From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.

Pronoun

ons

  1. we (subject)
    Ons is ’n familie.
    We are a family.
  2. us (object)

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Etymology 2

From Dutch ons, inflected onze, from Middle Dutch onse, from Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Alternative forms

  • onse (archaic)

Determiner

ons

  1. our

See also

Etymology 3

From Dutch ons, from Middle Dutch unce, from Latin uncia.

Noun

ons

  1. ounce (unit of measurement)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔns/
  • Rhymes: -ɔns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ons, from Old Dutch uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, *unsiz.

Pronoun

ons (personal)

  1. us (objective form of wij or we)

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: ons
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: ensi
  • Jersey Dutch: on̈s, on̈ns
  • Negerhollands: ons, oṅ
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: ons

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *unsa, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Determiner

ons (dependent possessive, independent possessive onze, inflected form onze)

  1. our (neuter)
Inflection


Usage notes

Only used with singular neuter nouns in dependent clauses; onze is used in all other situations as an independent possessive as well as with male and female nouns.

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch unce (1240), borrowed from Latin uncia (a twelfth of a pound) probably via Old French once.

Noun

ons n (plural onsen or onzen, diminutive onsje n)

  1. metric ounce (100 grams)
Usage notes

Prior to the law of 1820 that introduced the metric system in what then united both the Netherlands and Belgium a variety of measures ranging around ca 30 grams were known by this name. The law of 1820 attributed the name to the hectogram of 100 grams. In 1937 the IJkwet of the Netherlands officially abolished the term, but it is still commonly used.

Synonyms
  • hectogram
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: òns

Middle Dutch

Pronoun

ons

  1. accusative/dative of wi

Descendants

  • Dutch: ons
    • Afrikaans: ons
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: ensi
    • Jersey Dutch: on̈s, on̈ns
    • Negerhollands: ons, oṅ
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: ons
  • Limburgish: ós
  • Zealandic: oôns

Middle English

Adverb

ons

  1. Alternative form of ones

Swedish

Noun

ons

  1. indefinite genitive plural of o

Anagrams

  • -son, nos, sno, son

Turkish

Noun

ons

  1. ounce

Volapük

Pronoun

ons

  1. (nominative plural of on) they (neuter or of mixed or unspecified gender)

Source: wiktionary.org
  • ON, to go on.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)