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Cannon

/ˈkæn.ən/

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:12 pts6 letters
Definition of Cannon

noun

  1. A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.
  2. Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
  3. A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
  4. A cannon bit.
  5. A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.

verb

  1. To bombard with cannons.
  2. To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball

    "The white cannoned off the red onto the pink."

  3. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
  4. To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.

noun

  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.

    "The trial must proceed according to the canons of law."

  2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

    "the entire Shakespeare canon"

  4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

    "We must proceed according to canon law."

noun

  1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

noun

  1. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.
Anagrams of Cannon

No exact anagrams found for "cannon". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "cannon" and rearranging:

+scannons
Related Word Patterns
CA...Words starting with "ca"...ONWords ending with "on"All 6-letter wordsUnscramble "cannon"
Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

french canon
Letter Values
c3
a1
n1
n1
o1
n1

Total: 8 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Cannon
abandonabbreviationabdicationabductionaberrationabjectionabjurationablationablutionabnegationabolitionabomination
Related 6-Letter Words
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Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Cannon"

Cannon is a 6-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Cannon" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "cannon" is a low-scoring word.