TONE — 4 letter word
tone
The word tone has 4 letters: T, O, N, E. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Tone has 1 anagram: note. As a noun, it means "a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color".
4 letter word "tone": T O N E — noun
Scrabble score: 4 Words With Friends: 5
Letter Analysis of tone
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
2 vowels, 2 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of tone
noun
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color Synonyms: shade
- a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages "The Beijing dialect uses four tones."
- in music, the distinctive property of a complex sound such as a voice, noise or musical sound "Your guitar has wicked tone." Synonyms: timber
- the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"
- a steady sound without overtones "They tested your hearing with pure tones of different frequencies." Synonyms: pure tone
- a musical interval of two semitones Synonyms: step
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound Synonyms: note
- the quality of a person's voice "They began in a conversational tone." Synonyms: tone of voice
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people Synonyms: feeling
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli Synonyms: tonicity
verb
- give a healthy elasticity to "Let's tone our muscles" Synonyms: tone up, strengthen
- change to a color image "tone a photographic image"
- change the color or tone of "tone a negative"
- vary the pitch of one's speech Synonyms: modulate, inflect
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically Synonyms: chant, intone