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Is caution a Scrabble word?

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

C3A1U1T1I1O1N1

Is caution a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3A1U1T1I1O1N1

Is caution a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word caution is a Words With Friends word. The word caution is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4A1U2T1I1O1N2

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7-letter words (2 found)

AUCTION,CAUTION,

6-letter words (8 found)

ACTION,ANICUT,ATONIC,CATION,NAUTIC,NOCTUA,TOUCAN,TUNICA,

5-letter words (20 found)

ACTIN,ACTON,ANTIC,CANTO,COATI,CONIA,COTAN,COUNT,COUTA,CUNIT,CUTIN,INCUT,OCTAN,ONTIC,TAUON,TONIC,TUINA,TUNIC,UNCIA,UNICA,

4-letter words (38 found)

AITU,ANTI,ATOC,AUNT,AUTO,CAIN,CANT,CIAO,CION,CITO,COAT,COIN,COIT,CONI,CUIT,CUNT,ICON,INTO,IOTA,NAOI,NOTA,NOUT,OCTA,OINT,OTIC,OUTA,TACO,TAIN,TIAN,TINA,TOUN,TUAN,TUNA,UNAI,UNCI,UNCO,UNIT,UNTO,

3-letter words (32 found)

ACT,AIN,AIT,ANI,ANT,CAN,CAT,CIT,CON,COT,CUT,ION,ITA,NAT,NIT,NOT,NUT,OAT,OCA,OUT,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAU,TIC,TIN,TOC,TON,TUI,TUN,UNI,UTA,

2-letter words (17 found)

AI,AN,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,NU,OI,ON,OU,TA,TI,TO,UN,UT,

You can make 117 words from caution according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of caution

caution

Etymology

Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cautiō, from cautus, past participle of caveō, cavēre (“be on one's guard”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôshn, IPA(key): /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/
  • (US) enPR: kôshn, IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃ(ə)n/
  • (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) enPR: käshn, IPA(key): /ˈkɑʃ(ə)n/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːʃən

Noun

caution (countable and uncountable, plural cautions)

  1. Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
  2. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.
  3. Security; guaranty; bail.
  4. (dated) One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.
  5. (law) A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
  6. (soccer) A yellow card.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:caution

Hyponyms

  • precaution

Derived terms

Related terms

  • caveat

Translations

Verb

caution (third-person singular simple present cautions, present participle cautioning, simple past and past participle cautioned)

  1. (transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
  2. (soccer) To give a yellow card

Translations

Anagrams

  • auction, tauonic

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cautiōnem, from cautus, past participle of caveō, cavēre (“be on one's guard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.sjɔ̃/

Noun

caution f (plural cautions)

  1. caution, guaranty, bail
  2. deposit
  3. security deposit

Derived terms

  • cautionnement m
  • cautionner

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • couinât

Norman

Etymology

From Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cautiō, cautiōnem.

Noun

caution f (plural cautions)

  1. (Jersey) deposit
  2. (Jersey, law) bail

Source: wiktionary.org