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Is cannon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cannon is a Scrabble US word. The word cannon is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is cannon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cannon is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

CANNON,

5-letter words (2 found)

ANCON,CANON,

4-letter words (6 found)

ANNO,ANON,CANN,CONN,NANO,NONA,

3-letter words (6 found)

ANN,CAN,CON,NAN,NON,OCA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AN,NA,NO,ON,

You can make 19 words from cannon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cannon

cannon

Etymology 1

Attested from around 1400 as Middle English canon, canoun, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of canyon.

This spelling was not fixed until about 1800.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kăn'ən, IPA(key): /ˈkæn.ən/
  • Rhymes: -ænən
  • Homophone: canon

Noun

cannon (countable and uncountable, plural cannons or (mainly UK) cannon)

  1. A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
  2. Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
    water cannon, glitter cannon, confetti cannon, potato cannon
    1. (military, chiefly aviation) An autocannon.
  3. A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
  4. A cannon bit.
  5. (historical) A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
  6. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A carom.
  7. (baseball, figuratively, informal) The arm of a player who can throw well.
  8. (engineering) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
  9. (historical) A cylindrical item of plate armor protecting the arm, particularly one of a pair of such cylinders worn with a couter, the upper cannon protecting the upper arm and the lower cannon protecting the forearm.
    Coordinate terms: rerebrace, vambrace
  10. (printing, uncountable) Alternative form of canon (“a large size of type”)
  11. (xiangqi) A piece which moves horizontally and vertically like a rook but captures another piece by jumping over a different piece in the line of attack.
  12. (US, slang) A pickpocket.
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Verb

cannon (third-person singular simple present cannons, present participle cannoning, simple past and past participle cannoned)

  1. To bombard with cannons.
  2. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.
  3. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
  4. To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.
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Further reading

  • cannon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

cannon (plural cannons)

  1. (fandom slang) Misspelling of canon.

Adjective

cannon (not comparable)

  1. (fandom slang) Misspelling of canon.

Source: wiktionary.org