Harpoon in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is harpoon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word harpoon is a Scrabble US word. The word harpoon is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

H4A1R1P3O1O1N1

Is harpoon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word harpoon is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

HARPOON,

6-letter words (1 found)

ORPHAN,

5-letter words (5 found)

APRON,HONOR,NAPOO,PHONO,PORNO,

4-letter words (23 found)

HARN,HARO,HARP,HOAR,HOON,HOOP,HOOR,HORA,HORN,NOAH,NOOP,OPAH,PHON,POOH,POON,POOR,PORN,PRAO,PROA,PROO,ROAN,ROON,ROOP,

3-letter words (35 found)

APO,HAN,HAO,HAP,HOA,HON,HOO,HOP,NAH,NAP,NOH,NOO,NOR,OAR,OHO,ONO,OOH,OON,OOP,OOR,OPA,ORA,PAH,PAN,PAR,PHO,POA,POH,POO,PRO,RAH,RAN,RAP,RHO,ROO,

2-letter words (14 found)

AH,AN,AR,HA,HO,NA,NO,OH,ON,OO,OP,OR,PA,PO,

You can make 79 words from harpoon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of harpoon

harpoon

Etymology

From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, hook), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (harpoon). Doublet of harpagon.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: härpo͞onʹ, IPA(key): /hɑːɹˈpuːn/
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: härpo͞onʹ, IPA(key): /hɑːˈpuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn
  • Hyphenation: har‧poon

Noun

harpoon (plural harpoons)

  1. A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
  2. (slang) A harmonica.

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Verb

harpoon (third-person singular simple present harpoons, present participle harpooning, simple past and past participle harpooned)

  1. (transitive) To shoot something with a harpoon.

Derived terms

  • harpooner

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See also

  • spear

Source: wiktionary.org