Kiloton
7 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A unit of measurement equivalent to one thousand tons, commonly used to express the explosive yield of nuclear weapons.
“The bomb had an estimated yield of fifteen kilotons, comparable in scale to the Hiroshima device.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈkɪləˌtʌn/
Syllables
kil·o·ton
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Wordle
Compound KILO+TON, K at the start and ends in -ON, well-known components make this recognisable
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Scrabble
K scores 5 pts, KILOTON is a clean 7-letter bingo, technical but widely understood word
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