cannon
Cannon can refer to a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels, heavy gun fired from a tank, or heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane. As a verb, cannon can mean to make a cannon or fire a cannon.
Length
6
Scrabble
8
WWF
12
Starts
CA
Ends
NON
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CANNON” Mean?
/ˈkæn.ən/
cannon has 8 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
6 sensesa large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
heavy gun fired from a tank
(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
Synonyms
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
Synonyms
Verb
2 sensesmake a cannon
fire a cannon
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
Length
6 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
N
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
C, A, N, N, O, N
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆CANNON has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CANNON is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆CANNON can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CANNON contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCCDC
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CA, AN, NN, NO, ON
Trigrams
CAN, ANN, NNO, NON
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