Harpoon

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A barbed spear attached to a strong line, thrown or fired to catch large fish or whales.

“The whaler hurled the harpoon with practised precision at the breaching whale.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/hɑːˈpuːn/

Syllables

har·poon

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Synonyms

spear lance javelin

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

contains the AR vowel pair early on, common letters H and N bookend useful consonants

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Scrabble

H (4) and P (3) add decent tile value, hooks well with S to make harpoons

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Words you can make from Harpoon

Shorter words formed from the letters in “harpoon”.

orphan apron aroon aroph honor nahor napoo norah oraon phano pharo phono phora pohna rohan hano harn harp hoar hoon hoop hora horn noah

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