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Is onset a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word onset is a Scrabble US word. The word onset is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

O1N1S1E1T1

Is onset a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word onset is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

O1N1S1E1T1

Is onset a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word onset is a Words With Friends word. The word onset is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

O1N2S1E1T1

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5-letter words (6 found)

NOTES,ONSET,SETON,STENO,STONE,TONES,

4-letter words (18 found)

ENTS,EONS,NEST,NETS,NOES,NOSE,NOTE,ONES,ONST,SENT,SNOT,SONE,STEN,TENS,TOES,TONE,TONS,TOSE,

3-letter words (18 found)

ENS,EON,EST,NET,NOS,NOT,OES,ONE,ONS,OSE,SEN,SET,SON,SOT,TEN,TES,TOE,TON,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ES,ET,NE,NO,OE,ON,OS,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 55 words from onset according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of onset

onset noset osnet sonet nsoet snoet onest noest oenst eonst neost enost osent soent oesnt eosnt seont esont nseot sneot nesot ensot senot esnot onste noste osnte sonte nsote snote ontse notse otnse tonse ntose tnose ostne sotne otsne tosne stone tsone nstoe sntoe ntsoe tnsoe stnoe tsnoe onets noets oents eonts neots enots ontes notes otnes tones ntoes tnoes oetns eotns otens toens etons teons netos entos nteos tneos etnos tenos osetn soetn oestn eostn seotn esotn osten soten otsen tosen stoen tsoen oetsn eotsn otesn toesn etosn teosn seton eston steon tseon etson teson nseto sneto nesto ensto sento esnto nsteo snteo ntseo tnseo stneo tsneo netso entso nteso tneso etnso tenso setno estno steno tseno etsno tesno

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

Definitions and meaning of onset

onset

Etymology

From on- +‎ set. Compare Old English onsettan (“to impose; oppress, bear down”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒnˌsɛt/
  • (General American, Midland US, Southern American English) IPA(key): /ˈɔnˌsɛt/
  • (General American, Inland Northern American, NYC, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑnˌsɛt/
  • Hyphenation: on‧set

Noun

onset (plural onsets)

  1. (archaic) An attack; an assault especially of an army.
    Synonym: storming
  2. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
  3. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
    Hypernym: anlaut
    Holonym: syllable
    Coordinate terms: nucleus, coda, rime
  4. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.
  5. A setting about; a beginning.
    Synonyms: start, beginning; see also Thesaurus:beginning
  6. (obsolete) Anything added, such as an ornament or as a useful appendage.

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Translations

Verb

onset (third-person singular simple present onsets, present participle onsetting, simple past and past participle onset)

  1. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
  2. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

References

  • “onset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • 'onest, ETNOs, Eston, SONET, Stone, notes, onest, set on, seton, steno, steno-, stone, tones

Aragonese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /onˈset/
  • Rhymes: -et
  • Syllabification: on‧set

Noun

onset m (plural onsetz)

  1. bear cub, bearlet

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Source: wiktionary.org