GON is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. GON is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GON is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GON scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does GON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of plane angle, known too as a grade or gradian, equal to one four-hundredth of a full circle.
Surveyors and some European engineers adopted gon so that a right angle comes out to a round hundred rather than the ninety of the degree system. Scientific calculators often include gon as a third angle setting next to degrees and radians, usually labelled GRAD.
How GON is used
Used in surveying and engineering rather than everyday speech.
- The surveyor entered the bearing in gon rather than degrees.
- A right angle equals exactly one hundred gon.
- He switched his calculator to gon mode for the geometry exercise.
- The old textbook still lists angles in gon alongside degrees.
- Converting radians to gon took only a short formula.
- European road maps once marked curvature in gon.
- A full turn comes to four hundred gon.
- The instrument's dial could be read in either degrees or gon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GON and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see GON
- A full circle equals four hundred gon, so a right angle works out to exactly one hundred gon.
- Many scientific calculators include gon as a third angle mode, usually shown as GRAD alongside DEG and RAD.
Anagrams of GON
The 3 tiles of GON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GON
Showing 24 of 111 words that begin with GON.
Words ending in GON
Showing 24 of 51 words that end in GON. Useful as a back hook: play GON onto a word already on the board.
Words with GON inside
Showing 24 of 481 words that contain GON somewhere in the middle. Words that start with GON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GON
Common questions about GON
- Is GON valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GON is not in it.
- How many points is GON worth?
- GON is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GON mean?
- A unit of plane angle, known too as a grade or gradian, equal to one four-hundredth of a full circle.
- What letters can be added to GON?
- GON takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GON:
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