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Is gon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gon is a Scrabble US word. The word gon is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

G2O1N1

Is gon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gon is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

G2O1N1

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3 letters words from 'gon'

GON 4NOG 4

2 letters words from 'gon'

GO 3NO 2
ON 2 

All 3 letters words made out of gon

gon ogn gno ngo ong nog

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gon. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gon.

Definitions and meaning of gon

gon

Translingual

Symbol

gon

  1. (ISO symbol) gradian

Etymology 1

Clipping of gonna. Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.

Contraction

gon

  1. (US, dialectal) Alternative form of gonna

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”)

Noun

gon (plural gons)

  1. (geometry, trigonometry) One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.
Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Noun

gon (plural gons)

  1. (rail transport) Abbreviation of gondola car.

Anagrams

  • NGO, Ngo, Ong, nog

Breton

Noun

gon

  1. Soft mutation of kon.

Finnish

Noun

gon

  1. Genitive singular form of go.

Japanese

Romanization

gon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ごん

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English gān, from Proto-West Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, compare German gehen. Past tense supplied by Old English wendan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną, or a suppletive stem yed-, yod-, from Old English ēod-.

Alternative forms

  • (Northern ME) gan, ga
  • goo, goon, go

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔːn/
  • (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA(key): /ɡɑːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

Verb

gon

  2. to go
Conjugation
Descendants
  • English: go
    • Northumbrian: gan
  • Scots: gan, gae, ga, gang
  • Yola: goe
References
  • “gōn, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English gān, ġegān, past participle of gān (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gānaz, past participle of *gāną (“to go”); equivalent to gon +‎ -en.

Alternative forms

  • gone, igon, gan, ȝegan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔːn/
  • (Early ME, Northern ME) IPA(key): /ɡɑːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

Verb

gon

  2. past participle of gon (“to go”)
Descendants
  • English: gone
  • Scots: gane
  • Yola: ee-go

Etymology 3

From Lady Gunilda; a name for a crossbow. More at English gun.

Noun

gon

  1. Alternative form of gunne

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gonô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).

Verb

gon (past ghon, future gonaidh, verbal noun gonadh, past participle gonte)

  1. hurt, prick, wound

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English gun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡon/

Noun

gon

  1. gun

Teojomulco Chatino

Etymology

Cognate with Tataltepec Chatino ncu̱ (“tortoise”), Western Highland Chatino nkuun⁴ (“tortoise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nkõ/, [ŋɡõ]

Noun

gon

  1. armadillo

References

  • Sullivant, J. Ryan (October 2016) , “Appendix: Reintroducing Teojomulco Chatino”, in International Journal of American Linguistics‎[1], page [5]

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a geometrical grade.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)