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Yes. The word thon is a Scrabble US word. The word thon is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word thon is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

T1H4O1N1

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4-letter words (1 found)

THON,

3-letter words (7 found)

HON,HOT,NOH,NOT,NTH,THO,TON,

2-letter words (5 found)

HO,NO,OH,ON,TO,

You can make 13 words from thon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of thon

thon hton tohn othn hotn ohtn thno htno tnho ntho hnto nhto tonh otnh tnoh ntoh onth noth hont ohnt hnot nhot onht noht

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Definitions and meaning of thon

thon

Etymology 1

Proposed in 1858 by Charles Crozat Converse from that + one.

Compare also dialectal English and Scots thon (“that; yon”, adjective; pronoun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðʌn/
  • Rhymes: -ʌn

Pronoun

thon (third-person singular, gender-neutral, possessive thons, reflexive thonself)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, see usage notes) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
  2. (nonstandard, rare, see usage notes) them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
Usage notes

A neologism when Charles Crozat Converse coined it in 1858, thon has seen limited use since then.

Synonyms
  • (as subject): (singular) they
  • (as object): (singular) them
  • (neologism) ey, e, sie, shi, ze, per, co
Hyponyms
  • (as subject): he, she
  • (as object): him, her
Derived terms
  • (neologism) thons
  • (neologism) thonself

See also

  • other attested gender-neutral pronouns

References

Further reading

  • Gender-specific and gender-neutral pronouns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Alteration of yon due to the influence of this and that.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ðɒn/
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adjective

thon (not comparable)

  1. Yon.

Anagrams

  • no'th

French

Etymology

From Latin thunnus, thynnus (itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos)), possibly through the intermediate of Old Occitan ton.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ̃/
  • Homophones: thons, ton, tond, tonds, tons

Noun

thon m (plural thons)

  1. tuna
  2. (derogatory) an ugly woman
    Synonyms: cageot, morue

Derived terms

  • thon rouge
  • thonaire
  • thonier

Descendants

  • → Romanian: ton
  • → Turkish: ton

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

First attested 1393 as ton. Borrowed from Latin thunnus, thynnus, possibly via Old Occitan ton although the Middle French is attested earlier than the Old Occitan.

Noun

thon m (plural thons)

  1. tuna (fish)

Descendants

  • French: ton

References

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ðon], [ðɔn]

Adjective

thon (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of yon

Pronoun

thon

  1. Alternative form of yon

Adverb

thon (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of yon

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰɔn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰɔŋ˧˧]

Adjective

thon • (刌, 忖, 村)

  1. tapering, tapered
  2. slender

Derived terms

Related terms

  • thuôn

Source: wiktionary.org