3 letter words with O and N

Our dictionary holds 33 3 letter words with o and n, all exactly 3 letters long. The highest-scoring of them is NOX, worth 10 points in Scrabble.

More of these words begin with N than any other letter — 13 of them, about 39% of the list.

20 appear in the 20,000 most common English words (61%), including not, one, now, own, non; the remaining 13 are rarer finds that still count as valid plays.