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Is merlon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word merlon is a Scrabble US word. The word merlon is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is merlon a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word merlon is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

M3E1R1L1O1N1

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Yes. The word merlon is a Words With Friends word. The word merlon is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

MERLON,

5-letter words (9 found)

ENORM,ENROL,LEMON,LONER,MELON,MONER,MOREL,MORNE,NEROL,

4-letter words (24 found)

ENOL,EORL,LENO,LOME,LONE,LORE,LORN,MENO,MERL,MOER,MOLE,MORE,MORN,NOEL,NOLE,NOME,NORM,OMEN,OMER,ONER,ORLE,RENO,ROLE,RONE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ELM,EMO,EON,ERM,ERN,LOR,MEL,MEN,MOE,MOL,MON,MOR,NOM,NOR,OLE,OLM,ONE,ORE,REM,REN,REO,ROE,ROM,

2-letter words (14 found)

EL,EM,EN,ER,LO,ME,MO,NE,NO,OE,OM,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from merlon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of merlon

merlon

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːlən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɝl(ə)n/
  • Hyphenation: mer‧lon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French merlon, from Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”). The English word is cognate with Italian mergolo (“battlement; pinnacle”), Portuguese merlão, Spanish merlón (“merlon”).

Noun

merlon (plural merlons)

  1. (architecture, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.
    Synonyms: cop, (heraldry) embattle
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Etymology 2

A variant of merlin.

Noun

merlon (plural merlons)

  1. Alternative spelling of merlin (“a small falcon, Falco columbarius”)

Notes

References

Further reading

  • merlon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Italian merlone (“merlon”), from merlo (“merlon”) + -one (suffix forming augmentatives). Merlo is derived from Late Latin merulus, merlus, possibly from Latin merula (“blackbird”) (as merlons resemble a row of birds perched on a wall), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“black; blackbird”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛʁ.lɔ̃/
  • Hyphenation: mer‧lon

Noun

merlon m (plural merlons)

  1. (architecture, military) merlon

Descendants

  • → English: merlon

References

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French merlon.

Noun

merlon n (plural merloane)

  1. merlon

Declension


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