acton

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈæk.tən/
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/ˈæk.tən/ · /ˈæktən/ (UK)

Definition of acton

28 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of aketon.
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of aketon.
  2. (alt-of, obsolete, uncountable)Obsolete form of actinon.

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
  2. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
  3. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
  4. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
  5. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
  6. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
  7. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
  8. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in England:
  9. (countable, uncountable)A suburb and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3451).
  10. (countable, uncountable)A village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
  11. (countable, uncountable)A place in Canada:
  12. (countable, uncountable)A place in Canada:
  13. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  14. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
    “Fire crews battled two brush fires in northern Los Angeles County on Thursday — the King fire, which ignited near Pyramid Lake in the early morning, and the Hawk fire, which erupted in Acton around 3 p.m., threatening structures and prompting evacuation orders.”
  15. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  16. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  17. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  18. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  19. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  20. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  21. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  22. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  23. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  24. (countable, uncountable)Any of a few places in the United States:
  25. (countable, uncountable)A suburb of Burnie City Council, north western Tasmania, Australia.
  26. (countable)A habitational surname from Old English.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Old English āc (“oak”) + tūn (“farm, town, homestead”); compare the doublet Aughton.

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