one: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 3 letter points · starts with O · ends with E
Meaning of one
num
The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
Example: In some religions, there is more than one god.
The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
Listed forms: wone.
Source: Wiktionary — one.
pron
- impersonal, indefinite, pronoun
One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
Example: Any one of the boys.
- impersonal, pronoun, sometimes
The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
Example: She offered him an apple and an orange; he took (the) one and left the other.
- indefinite, personal, pronoun
Any person (applying to people in general).
Example: One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
- pronoun
Any person, entity or thing.
Example: "driver", noun: one who drives.
Listed forms: oneself, ones, wone.
Source: Wiktionary — one.
noun
The digit or figure 1.
- US
Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context A one-dollar bill.
Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context One o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
Used to briefly refer to a noun phrase understood by context One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
Listed forms: ones, wone.
Source: Wiktionary — one.
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 one.
adjective
used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
- 1
- i
- ane
adjective
having the indivisible character of a unit
adjective
(informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
adjective
eminent beyond or above comparison
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is one in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of one
O(1) + N(1) + E(1) = 3 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 one
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from one
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in one. Showing up to 24, longest first.