Definitions for talons

talons tal·on

Spelling: [tal-uh n]
IPA: /ˈtæl ən/

Talons is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in talons (alnost).

Definitions for talons

noun

  1. a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
  2. the shoulder on the bolt of a lock against which the key presses in sliding the bolt.
  3. Cards. the cards left over after the deal; stock.

Origin of talons

1350-1400; Middle English taloun Anglo-French; Old French talon Vulgar Latin *tālōn-, stem of *tālō, for Latin tālus heel

Examples for talons

In the following year both Courcelles and talon were recalled at their own request.

Look closer and you'll see that only a talon could have made a gash like that.

Fierce of aspect, ruthless in beak and talon, 'the eagles were gathered together.'

These cards are placed on an inclined plane of marble, called a talon.

By November, 1671, talon wrote that there were enough horses.

They will forsake this place, every one—claw and talon, upright and fours, every one.

We are only strong as tigers are strong—just the strength of the talon and fang.

He had been sent by talon to investigate the copper mines of Lake Superior.

Must their ever-ravening eagles beak and talon annihilate us?

It is better to play cards from the talon rather than from the wings.

Word Value for talons
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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