Definition of phone

"phone" in the noun sense

1. telephone, phone, telephone set

electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds

"I talked to him on the telephone"

2. phone, speech sound, sound

phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

3. earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone

electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds it is held over or inserted into the ear

"it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"

"phone" in the verb sense

1. call, telephone, call up, phone, ring

get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

"I tried to call you all night"

"Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"

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Quotations for phone

No, you didn't wake me up. I had to get up to answer the phone anyway. [ Yogi Berra ]

phone in Scrabble®

The word phone is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters phone:

PHEON
(42)
PHONE
(42)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word phone

PHONE
(42)
PHONE
(39)
PHONE
(33)
PHONE
(33)
PHONE
(32)
PHONE
(30)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In phone

PHEON
(42)
PHONE
(42)
HOPE
(39)
PHONE
(39)
PHEON
(39)
PHONE
(33)
PHEON
(33)
PHEON
(33)
HONE
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(32)
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(30)
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(30)
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(24)
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NOPE
(21)
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(21)
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(20)
HOPE
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HEN
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NOPE
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HOPE
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(18)
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(16)
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(16)
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(16)
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(16)
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(15)
PHONE
(15)
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(15)
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(15)
EH
(15)
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(15)
HE
(15)
HOPE
(15)
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(15)
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(15)
HONE
(15)
PHEON
(15)
HE
(15)
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(15)
NOPE
(14)
NOPE
(14)
PHONE
(14)
PHONE
(14)
PHEON
(14)
HEN
(14)
PEON
(14)
HOE
(14)
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OPEN
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HONE
(14)
HOP
(14)
EH
(13)
OH
(13)
HE
(13)
HOPE
(13)
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HEN
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PEON
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NOPE
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HOE
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PE
(12)
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NOPE
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PHONE
(12)
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HOE
(12)
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(10)
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(9)
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(9)
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(9)
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(9)
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(9)
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phone in Words With Friends™

The word phone is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters phone:

PHONE
(57)
PHEON
(57)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word phone

PHONE
(57)
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(51)
PHONE
(45)
PHONE
(44)
PHONE
(39)
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(38)
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(15)
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PHONE
(14)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(12)
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(12)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In phone

PHONE
(57)
PHEON
(57)
PHEON
(51)
PHONE
(51)
PEON
(48)
PHEON
(45)
HOPE
(45)
PHONE
(45)
PHONE
(44)
PHEON
(44)
PHEON
(39)
PHONE
(39)
HONE
(39)
PHONE
(38)
PHEON
(38)
OPEN
(36)
NOPE
(36)
PEON
(36)
PHONE
(33)
PHONE
(33)
PHONE
(33)
HOPE
(33)
PHEON
(33)
PHEON
(33)
PHEON
(33)
NOPE
(30)
OPEN
(30)
PHEON
(30)
PHEON
(30)
PHONE
(30)
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(28)
PHEON
(28)
HONE
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HOPE
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(24)
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(24)
HOPE
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PHONE
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PEN
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(20)
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(20)
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(19)
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(19)
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(18)
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(18)
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(18)
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(17)
HOPE
(17)
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(17)
PHEON
(17)
PHEON
(17)
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(17)
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(17)
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(17)
NOPE
(16)
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(16)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
PE
(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(15)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)
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(12)

Words within the letters of phone

2 letter words in phone (7 words)

3 letter words in phone (6 words)

4 letter words in phone (5 words)

5 letter words in phone (Anagrams) (2 words)

phone + 1 blank (7 words)

Words containing the sequence phone

Word Growth involving phone

Shorter words in phone

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Longer words containing phone

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