bone: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with B · ends with E
Meaning of bone
noun
- uncountable
A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- countable
Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of this material.
- countable, uncountable
A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
- countable, uncountable
A bonefish.
Listed forms: bones, bane, byen.
Source: Wiktionary — bone.
adj
- not-comparable
Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
Listed forms: bane, byen.
Source: Wiktionary — bone.
verb
To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
To fertilize with bone.
To put whalebone into.
To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
Example: boning rod
Listed forms: bones, boning, boned, bane, byen.
Source: Wiktionary — bone.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for bone.
noun
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
noun
the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
- osseous tissue
noun
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
verb
study intensively, as before an exam
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bone in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bone
B(3) + O(1) + N(1) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of bone
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from bone
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bone. Showing up to 24, longest first.