phone: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of phone
noun
A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
Example: Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.
- colloquial
A person's telephone number (as a means of contact); digits.
Listed forms: phones.
Source: Wiktionary — phone.
verb
- ambitransitive
To call (someone) using a telephone.
Example: Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.
To say via telephone.
Listed forms: phones, phoning, phoned.
Source: Wiktionary — phone.
noun
A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Listed forms: phones.
Source: Wiktionary — phone.
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 phone.
noun
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
- telephone
- telephone set
noun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- speech sound
- sound
noun
electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
verb
get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is phone in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of phone
P(3) + H(4) + O(1) + N(1) + E(1) = 10 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 phone
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from phone
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in phone. Showing up to 24, longest first.