recon

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈkɒn/(UK)
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/ɹɪˈkɒn/(UK) · /ˈɹiːkɒn/(UK) · /ˈɹikɑn/(US) · /ɹɪˈkɑn/(US)

Definition of recon

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)reconnaissance.
    “During a scan of the Phoenix system asteroid field, you detected an odd energy reading that Tali determined was quarian in nature. She led a recon team into the asteroid field, where she discovered an abandoned freighter.”
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noun

  1. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)reconnaissance.
    “During a scan of the Phoenix system asteroid field, you detected an odd energy reading that Tali determined was quarian in nature. She led a recon team into the asteroid field, where she discovered an abandoned freighter.”
  2. The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

verb

  1. (US, slang)reconnoiter.

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Etymology

Contracted form of reconnaissance.

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