The word gnomon is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • gnomon n. An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines…
  • gnomon n. An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is…
  • gnomon n. The index of the hour circle of a globe.

30 valid words from 3 definitions

ALTITUDE AN AS BY CALCULATE CASTS CIRCLE GLOBE HOUR INDEX IS IT MERIDIAN OBJECT OBSERVER OF OR PILLAR ROD SHADOW SHINES SUCH SUN TELL THAT THE TIME TO USED WHEN

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

MO MON NO NOM OM ON

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

MO MON MONG NO NOM OM ON

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

GNOMONS GNOMONIC GNOMONICS GNOMONICAL GNOMONOLOGY GNOMONICALLY GNOMONOLOGIES

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

PATHOGNOMONIC THANATOGNOMONIC

2 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+I MOONING
+S GNOMONS

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-N MONGO MOONG

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 9284 chance (0.01%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 67577 chance.

Other languages

  • Valid: French German Spanish Romanian
  • Invalid: Italian
  • (In French) GNOMON n.m. Cadran solaire primitif.
  • (In Spanish) GNOMON m. Antiguo instrumento de astronomía, compuesto de un estilo vertical y de un plano o círculo horizontal, con el cual se determinaban el acimut y altura del Sol, observando la dirección y longitud de...

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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