alton

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

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɔːltən/
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/ˈɔːltən/ · /ˈɒltən/

Definition of alton

29 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A number of places in England:
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name

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  24. A rural community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  25. A community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
  26. A town in the Shire of Balonne, southern Queensland, Australia.
  27. A rural community in Taranaki, New Zealand.
  28. An English habitational surname from Old English.
  29. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    “...because I have learned something about cartoons from Alton Packard. There are two things about Mr Packard that I keep turning over in my mind. One is that his name sounds like Alton Parker, onetime presidential candidate, and the other is that, to me at least, he looks a little bit like Woodrow Wilson.”

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Etymology

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).

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