recon
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/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
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(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
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(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.”
- The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.
verb
- (US, slang)reconnoiter.
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Etymology
Contracted form of reconnaissance.
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