paragon
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Is paragon a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of paragon?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A companion; a match; an equal.Examples: "Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister"; "Nathlesse proud man himselfe the other deemed, Having so peerlesse paragon ygot"obsolete
2. (obsolete) Comparison; competition.Examples: "good by paragone / Of euill, may more notably be rad, / As white seemes fairer, macht with blacke attone […]."obsolete
3. (typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point.dated
4. (gemmology) A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.Examples: "The "Koh-i-noor," or "Mountain of Light," is the eighth and smallest of these paragon diamonds (all diamonds weighing over a hundred carats are called Paragon); but it was originally the largest diamond ever known, weighing uncut 900 carats. . . this matchless gem of 900 carats which once belonged to the Great Mogul, and was the very paragon of paragons."
Definition source: Wiktionary