CON is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. CON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CON is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CON scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does CON mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To trick somebody in order to take their money.
Con is clipped from confidence, as in a confidence trick, and the whole point of one is that the victim hands the money over willingly. A separate con is the argument against something, from Latin contra, and the two have nothing to do with each other.
How CON is used
Verb and noun. Conned, conning.
- He conned four people in the same street.
- The con relies on the victim wanting to believe it.
- A con of that size takes months to set up.
- The pros and the cons filled two pages.
- The word con is clipped from confidence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CON
Showing 24 of more than 2000 words that begin with CON.
Words ending in CON
Showing 24 of 72 words that end in CON. Useful as a back hook: play CON onto a word already on the board.
Words with CON inside
Showing 24 of 1463 words that contain CON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CON
Common questions about CON
- Is CON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CON, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CON worth?
- CON is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CON mean?
- To trick somebody in order to take their money.
- What letters can be added to CON?
- CON takes 9 hooks: 1 in front and 8 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CON:
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