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Is moon a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word moon is a Scrabble US word. The word moon is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

M3O1O1N1

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Yes. The word moon is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

M3O1O1N1

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4-letter words (2 found)

MONO,MOON,

3-letter words (7 found)

MON,MOO,NOM,NOO,ONO,OOM,OON,

2-letter words (5 found)

MO,NO,OM,ON,OO,

You can make 14 words from moon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of moon

moon omon moon omon oomn oomn mono omno mnoo nmoo onmo nomo mono omno mnoo nmoo onmo nomo oonm oonm onom noom onom noom

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Definitions and meaning of moon

moon

Etymology

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /muːn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /mun/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

moon

  2. (with "the", singular only) Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).

Noun

moon (plural moons)

  2. (informal, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
  3. (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
    • 2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.
  4. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
  5. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
  6. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
  7. (cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.
  8. (card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Usage notes

  • Used attributively in a variety of collocations and compounds to indicate something foreign and/or difficult to understand: moon language, moonspeak, moon runes, moon logic, etc.

Synonyms

  • (Earth's sole natural satellite): Moon
  • (natural satellite of a planet): satellite
  • (month): calendar month, lunar month, month
  • See also Thesaurus:moon

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: mun
  • Tok Pisin: mun
  • Torres Strait Creole: mun

Translations

Verb

moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
    Coordinate terms: flash, streak
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
    Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
    You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?
  4. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  5. (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  6. (transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.
  7. (cryptocurrencies, of a coin or token) To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.
  8. (card games) To shoot the moon.

Translations

Related terms

  • month
  • moonsick

See also

  • lunar
  • Moonie
  • Selene

Further reading

  • moon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • natural satellite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • mon, mònn

Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

Noun

moon

  1. (Timau) man
  2. (Timau) husband

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Chinese

Etymology

Deliberate misspelling of mon. Originated from a post on HKGolden circa 2005.

Pronunciation

Noun

moon

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) Synonym of mon (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Verb

moon

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) Synonym of mon

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːn/, [ˈmo̞ːn]
  • Rhymes: -oːn
  • Syllabification(key): moon

Contraction

moon

  1. (dialectal, southern Ostrobothnia) Contraction of mä oon (“I'm”).

Anagrams

  • mono, mono-

Manx

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːn/

Alternative forms

  • mooin, mooyn

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mún.

Noun

moon m (genitive singular mooin, no plural)

  1. verbal noun of moon
  2. urine
Synonyms
  • feayl
Derived terms
  • mooynlagh m (“sewage”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish múnaid (“makes water, pisses”).

Verb

moon (past voon, future independent moonee, verbal noun moon or mooney, past participle moonit)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) urinate, micturate, pee

Mutation

References

  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “múnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

Noun

moon m

  1. (Mooring) man

Teop

Noun

moon

  1. woman

References

  • Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar

Source: wiktionary.org