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

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

OUNCE,

4-letter words (4 found)

CONE,ONCE,UNCE,UNCO,

3-letter words (6 found)

CON,CUE,ECO,ECU,EON,ONE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,NE,NO,NU,OE,ON,OU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 20 words from ounce according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of ounce

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Definitions and meaning of ounce

ounce

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʊns/
  • Rhymes: -aʊns

Etymology 1

From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

Noun

ounce (plural ounces)

  1. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1⁄16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
  2. A troy ounce, weighing 1⁄12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
  3. A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 1⁄16 of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
  4. A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 1⁄20 of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
  5. (figurative) Any small amount, a little bit.
Synonyms
  • (avoirdupois ounce): oz.; ℥, uncia (pharmacy)
  • (fluid ounce): oz., fl. oz.
  • (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Tokelauan: aunehe
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza.

Noun

ounce (plural ounces)

  1. (now archaic) A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. [from 14th c.]
  2. Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia. [from 18th c.]
  3. (cryptozoology) Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
Translations

References

  • snow leopard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Uncia uncia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Uncia uncia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Cuneo, cuneo-, on cue

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • unce, ownce, ounse, nounce, nowns

Etymology

From Middle French once, from Old French once, unce, from Latin uncia. Doublet of ynche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːns(ə)/, /ˈuns(ə)/

Noun

ounce (plural ounces or ounce)

  1. An ounce (unit with much variation, but generally equivalent to 1/12 or 1/16 of a pound)
  2. (rare) A shekel (ancient measure of weight)
  3. (rare) A minuscule or insignificant amount or quantity.
  4. (rare) An eight-minute unit for measuring time.
  5. (rare) A three-inch unit for measuring length.

Descendants

  • English: ounce, unce
  • Scots: ounce

References

  • “ǒunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English ounce. Doublet of inch and unse.

Noun

ounce m (definite singular ouncen, indefinite plural ouncer, definite plural ouncene)

  1. an avoirdupois ounce
    Synonym: unse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English ounce. Doublet of inch and unse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æʉ̯ns/

Noun

ounce m (definite singular ouncen, indefinite plural ouncar, definite plural ouncane)

  1. an avoirdupois ounce
    Synonym: unse

References

  • “ounce” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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