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Is throne a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word throne is a Scrabble US word. The word throne is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is throne a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word throne is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

T1H4R1O1N1E1

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

HORNET,NOTHER,THRONE,

5-letter words (13 found)

HERON,HONER,HOTEN,NORTH,NOTER,OTHER,RHONE,RONTE,TENOR,THORN,THROE,TONER,TRONE,

4-letter words (25 found)

HENT,HERN,HERO,HOER,HONE,HORE,HORN,HOTE,NOTE,ONER,RENO,RENT,ROHE,RONE,RONT,ROTE,TEHR,TERN,THEN,THON,THRO,TONE,TORE,TORN,TRON,

3-letter words (30 found)

EON,ERN,ETH,HEN,HER,HET,HOE,HON,HOT,NET,NOH,NOR,NOT,NTH,ONE,ORE,ORT,REH,REN,REO,RET,RHO,ROE,ROT,TEN,THE,THO,TOE,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (15 found)

EH,EN,ER,ET,HE,HO,NE,NO,OE,OH,ON,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 87 words from throne according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of throne

throne

Etymology

From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

Partially replaced seld ("seat, throne"), from Middle English selde (“seat, store, throne”), from Old English seld, a form of Old English setl (“sitting, seat, setting”), from Proto-Germanic *setlą.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [θɹəʊn]
  • (US) IPA(key): [θɹoʊn]
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): [tɹoʊn]
  • Rhymes: -əʊn
  • Homophone: thrown

Noun

throne (plural thrones)

  1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
    Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
  2. (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40:
      Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou.
  3. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
  4. (euphemistic) A toilet.
  5. (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
  6. (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV), Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, 1:16:
      For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.

Synonyms

  • (seat used for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Hypernyms

  • (furniture): seat
  • (order of angels): angel

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

throne (third-person singular simple present thrones, present participle throning, simple past and past participle throned)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Translations

See also

  • ophan

Anagrams

  • 'nother, Hornet, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, nother, other'n

German

Verb

throne

  1. inflection of thronen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Latin

Noun

throne

  1. vocative singular of thronus

Middle English

Noun

throne

  1. Alternative form of trone (“throne”)

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • trosne

Etymology

From Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos). The h was added back to reflect the Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

Noun

throne m (plural thrones)

  1. throne

Descendants

  • French: trône
    • → Romanian: tron

Source: wiktionary.org