stone: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 5 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of stone
noun
- uncountable
A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
- countable
A piece of such material: a block of stone, rock or a pebble.
- countable, uncountable
A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- UK, countable, uncountable
A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight. Abbreviated as st.
Example: British people measure their weight in stones and pounds. I weigh eight stone five.
Listed forms: stones, styen, stean.
Source: Wiktionary — stone.
adj
- not-comparable
Constructed of stone.
Example: stone walls
- not-comparable
Having the appearance of stone.
Example: stone pot
- not-comparable
Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- not-comparable
Used as an intensifier.
Example: She is one stone fox.
Listed forms: styen, stean.
Source: Wiktionary — stone.
adv
- not-comparable
As a stone (used with following adjective).
Example: My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
- not-comparable, slang
Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
Example: I went stone crazy after she left.
Listed forms: styen, stean.
Source: Wiktionary — stone.
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 stone.
noun
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
noun
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
noun
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
noun
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is stone in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of stone
S(1) + T(1) + O(1) + N(1) + E(1) = 5 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 stone
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from stone
36 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in stone. Showing up to 24, longest first.