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Is cardon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cardon is a Scrabble US word. The word cardon is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

C3A1R1D2O1N1

Is cardon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cardon is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

C3A1R1D2O1N1

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6-letter words (3 found)

CANDOR,CARDON,DACRON,

5-letter words (8 found)

ACORN,ADORN,ANDRO,CARON,DRACO,NARCO,RACON,RADON,

4-letter words (20 found)

ACRO,ARCO,CARD,CARN,CODA,COND,CORD,CORN,CRAN,CRON,DARN,DONA,DRAC,NARC,NARD,ORAD,ORCA,RAND,ROAD,ROAN,

3-letter words (26 found)

ADO,AND,ARC,ARD,CAD,CAN,CAR,COD,CON,COR,DAN,DOC,DON,DOR,NOD,NOR,OAR,OCA,ODA,ORA,ORC,ORD,RAD,RAN,ROC,ROD,

2-letter words (10 found)

AD,AN,AR,DA,DO,NA,NO,OD,ON,OR,

You can make 67 words from cardon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cardon

cardon

Alternative forms

  • cardona

Noun

cardon (plural cardons)

  1. Any of several large columnar cacti mostly of the genus Cereus.

Anagrams

  • Conard, Condra, Conrad, Dacron, ancrod, candor, dacron

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan cardon, from Medieval Latin cardō, from Latin carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of chardon and carde.

Pronunciation

Noun

cardon m (plural cardons)

  1. cardoon (Cynara scolymus)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cardoncelle
  • chardon

References

Further reading

  • “cardon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cardon, from Medieval Latin cardo, from Latin carduus (“thistle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈðu/

Noun

cardon m (plural cardons)

  1. (Gascony, Provençal, Languedoc) thistle

Dialectal variants

  • chaucida (“Limousin, Auvergnat”)
  • chaucit (“Limousin”)
  • caucida (“Languedoc”)
  • caucic (“Gascon”)
  • chaucier (“Vivaro-alpine”)

Derived terms

  • cardon blu
  • cardelin
  • cardonet
  • cardonilha
  • escardoar
  • cardonar
  • cardonariá
  • cardonàs
  • cardonessa
  • cardonièra

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cardo, from Latin carduus (“thistle”).

Noun

cardon m (oblique plural cardons, nominative singular cardons, nominative plural cardon)

  1. thistle

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cardon.

Noun

cardon m (uncountable)

  1. cardoon

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org