carom

carom is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
2. intransitive verb. To make a carom.
3. noun. a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

   Synonyms: cannon

4. noun. a glancing rebound

   Synonyms: ricochet

5. verb. make a carom
6. verb. rebound after hitting

   "The car caromed off several lampposts"

Synonyms

cannon, ricochet

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in carom:

coram, macro, marco, maroc

Common word forms

caroms, caromed, caroming

Words from these letters

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