What does COMMON mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈkɑmən/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends score
16
How common
Very common

Meaning

adjective

  1. belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public“for the common good”
  2. having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual“the common man”
  3. common to or shared by two or more parties“a common friend”
  4. commonly encountered“a common (or familiar) complaint”
  5. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language“common parlance”
  6. of or associated with the great masses of people“the common people in those days suffered greatly”
  7. of low or inferior quality or value“of what coarse metal ye are molded”
  8. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste“he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

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Anagrams of COMMON

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside COMMON

15 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

mono6moon6 con5 coo5moc7mom7 mon5moo5nom5noo3mm6 mo4 no2 om4on2

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Questions

Is COMMON a valid word in word games?

COMMON is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is COMMON worth?

COMMON is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 16 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from COMMON?

15 other words, including ON, NO, MOM and MOON.