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Is cannot a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cannot is a Scrabble US word. The word cannot is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is cannot a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cannot is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3A1N1N1O1T1

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Yes. The word cannot is a Words With Friends word. The word cannot is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

CANNOT,CANTON,

5-letter words (6 found)

ACTON,ANCON,CANON,CANTO,COTAN,OCTAN,

4-letter words (12 found)

ANNO,ANON,ATOC,CANN,CANT,COAT,CONN,NANO,NONA,NOTA,OCTA,TACO,

3-letter words (17 found)

ACT,ANN,ANT,CAN,CAT,CON,COT,NAN,NAT,NON,NOT,OAT,OCA,TAN,TAO,TOC,TON,

2-letter words (7 found)

AN,AT,NA,NO,ON,TA,TO,

You can make 44 words from cannot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cannot

cannot

Alternative forms

  • cannet, cannit (Geordie)
  • can not

Etymology

can +‎ not

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkænɒt/, /kænˈɒt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæ(n.)nɑt/, /ˈkɛ(n.)nɑt/, /kə(n)ˈnɑt/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈnɑt/
  • Hyphenation: can‧not
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

cannot

  1. Can not (be unable to).
  2. Be forbidden or not permitted to
    • 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
      The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt.

Usage notes

Both the one-word form cannot and the two-word form can not are acceptable, but cannot is more common (in the Oxford English Corpus, three times as common). The two-word form is generally required in constructions where not is part of a set phrase, such as 'not only... but (also)': Paul can not only sing well, but also paint brilliantly.

An important contrast is that cannot is definitive, whereas can not is open to other options: Jane cannot go to the party. indicates an insurmountable obstacle preventing Jane's attendance at the party, whilst Jane can not go to the party. indicates that Jane is free to choose to attend or be absent.

In spoken English emphasis may be placed on the first syllable of cannot (e.g. /ˈkænɒt/) in the first phrase and on not in the second phrase (e.g. /kən ˈnɒt/) when it is intended to clearly articulate which form is meant.

Synonyms

  • can't

Translations

Noun

cannot (plural cannots)

  1. Something that cannot be done.
  2. A person who cannot do (something).

Anagrams

  • Canton, Conant, Nacton, canton, nonact, noncat

Norman

Etymology

Related to French cane (“(female) duck”) and canard (“duck; drake”); see there for more. Cognate with French canot (“little boat”).

Noun

cannot m (plural cannots)

  1. (Jersey) duckling

Derived terms

  • cannoter (“to walk like a duck”)

Source: wiktionary.org