phone
NOUNVERB
/foʊn/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH P
phone is a valid 5-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3H4O1N1E1
3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING
What does phone mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.
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2
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”
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3
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”
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VERB · 1 SENSE
1
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone.
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AT THE BOARD
Anagrams of phone
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