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Is marathon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word marathon is a Scrabble US word. The word marathon is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is marathon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word marathon is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Yes. The word marathon is a Words With Friends word. The word marathon is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

MARATHON,

7-letter words (2 found)

AMORANT,ATHANOR,

6-letter words (7 found)

ANTHRO,HARMAN,MAHANT,MANTRA,MATRON,RAMONA,TORANA,

5-letter words (33 found)

AMORT,ANTAR,ANTRA,AORTA,ARHAT,AROHA,AROMA,ATMAN,HAOMA,HARAM,MANAT,MANOR,MANTA,MANTO,MARAH,MARON,MONTH,MORAT,NORMA,NORTH,OMRAH,ORANT,RATAN,RATHA,ROMAN,ROTAN,THANA,THARM,THORN,TOMAN,TORAH,TORAN,TRONA,

4-letter words (62 found)

AMAH,ANOA,ANTA,ARNA,ATMA,ATOM,HAAR,HANT,HARM,HARN,HARO,HART,HOAR,HOMA,HORA,HORN,MAAR,MAHA,MANA,MANO,MARA,MART,MATH,MOAN,MOAT,MOHR,MONA,MORA,MORN,MORT,MOTH,NAAM,NOAH,NOMA,NORM,NOTA,OATH,RANA,RANT,RATA,RATH,RATO,ROAM,ROAN,ROMA,RONT,ROTA,TAHA,TAHR,TANA,TANH,TARA,TARN,TARO,THAN,THAR,THON,THRO,TORA,TORN,TRAM,TRON,

3-letter words (54 found)

AAH,AHA,AMA,ANA,ANT,ARM,ART,HAM,HAN,HAO,HAT,HOA,HOM,HON,HOT,MAA,MAN,MAR,MAT,MHO,MNA,MOA,MON,MOR,MOT,NAH,NAM,NAT,NOH,NOM,NOR,NOT,NTH,OAR,OAT,OHM,OMA,ORA,ORT,RAH,RAM,RAN,RAT,RHO,ROM,ROT,TAM,TAN,TAO,TAR,THO,TOM,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (19 found)

AA,AH,AM,AN,AR,AT,HA,HM,HO,MA,MO,NA,NO,OH,OM,ON,OR,TA,TO,

You can make 178 words from marathon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of marathon

marathon

Etymology

From French marathon, coined in 1894 by linguist Michel Bréal for the first modern time Olympic Games after Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon. The modern sport of marathon running is based on a run approximately the same distance. The toponym itself comes from μάραθον (márathon, “fennel”) and refers to the prevalence of the plant in the area.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæɹəθən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæɹəˌθɑn/, /ˈmɛɹəˌθɑn/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmæɹə(ˌ)θɔn/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɹə(ˌ)θɔn/
  • Hyphenation: mar‧a‧thon

Noun

marathon (plural marathons)

  1. A 42.195-kilometre (26-mile-385-yard) road race.
  2. (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.
    He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

Derived terms

  • -athon
  • marathoner
  • half marathon
  • ultramarathon

Descendants

  • → Bengali: ম্যারাথন (mêrathon)
  • → Chinese: 馬拉松／马拉松 (mǎlāsōng)
    • → Zhuang: majlahsungh
    Mandarin: 馬拉松／马拉松 (mǎlāsōng), 马拉松 (mǎlāsōng)
  • → Gujarati: મેરેથોન (merethon)
  • → Hindi: मैराथन (mairāthan)
  • → Japanese: マラソン (marason)
    • → Hakka: 馬拉松／马拉松 (mà-la-sóng)
  • → Korean: 마라톤 (maraton)
  • → Swahili: marathoni

Translations

Verb

marathon (third-person singular simple present marathons, present participle marathoning, simple past and past participle marathoned)

  1. To run a marathon.
  2. (informal, transitive) To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.
    We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

marathon m (plural marathons, diminutive marathonnetje n)

  1. marathon

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: máratòn

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁa.tɔ̃/

Noun

marathon m (plural marathons)

  1. marathon

Derived terms

  • marathonien

Descendants

  • → Arabic: مَارَاثُون (mārāṯūn)
  • → Czech: maraton, maratón, marathon
  • → Danish: maraton, marathon
  • → Dutch: marathon
    • → Papiamentu: máratòn
  • → English: marathon
    • → Bengali: ম্যারাথন (mêrathon)
    • → Chinese: 馬拉松／马拉松 (mǎlāsōng)
      • → Zhuang: majlahsungh
      Mandarin: 馬拉松／马拉松 (mǎlāsōng), 马拉松 (mǎlāsōng)
    • → Gujarati: મેરેથોન (merethon)
    • → Hindi: मैराथन (mairāthan)
    • → Japanese: マラソン (marason)
      • → Hakka: 馬拉松／马拉松 (mà-la-sóng)
    • → Korean: 마라톤 (maraton)
    • → Swahili: marathoni
  • → Finnish: maraton
  • → German: Marathon
  • → Greek: μαραθώνιος (marathónios) (calque)
  • → Hebrew: מָרָתוֹן (maraton)
  • → Hungarian: maraton
  • → Latvian: maratons
  • → Lithuanian: maratonas
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: maraton
  • → Polish: maraton
  • → Romanian: maraton
  • → Serbo-Croatian: mȁratōn
  • → Swedish: maraton
  • → Turkish: maraton
  • → Vietnamese: ma-ra-tông

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org