canon
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When canon helps
Base Score
5
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
4
A C N O
Two-Letter Start
CA
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ON
Check this pattern late
- 5 letters
- 4 unique letters
- CA start
- ON ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- canon is worth 5 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include a, c, n, o plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (N x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ON ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the CA start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
noun
A generally accepted principle; a rule.
"The trial must proceed according to the canons of law."
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A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
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The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
"the entire Shakespeare canon"
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A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
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A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
"We must proceed according to canon law."
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A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
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In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
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A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
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A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
"Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular."
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(Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
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Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
"A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon."
noun
A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
"a canon of beef or lamb"
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A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
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The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
noun
A carom.
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A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
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A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
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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.