Definition of SCONE

scone

Plural: scones

Noun

  • A small, unsweetened or lightly sweetened baked cake, often served with tea.
  • small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
  • A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
  • Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
  • The head.

Verb

  • To hit on the head.

Examples

  • Playing SCONE on a triple-word score felt as satisfying as enjoying one with clotted cream.

Origin / Etymology

Originally Scots, possibly from Middle Low German schö̂ne (“fine flour bread”), or Middle Dutch schoonbroot (“fine bread; a kind of flat angular loaf”), from schoon (“fine”) + broot (“bread”); alternatively, Scottish Gaelic sgonn (“lump, mouthful”).

Scrabble Score: 7

scone: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scone: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scone: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

scone: valid Words With Friends Word