Is “Gnomons” a Scrabble word?
Yes
GNOMONS
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General English word list
Meaning of Gnomons
noun
1.An object such as a pillar or a rod that is used to tell time by the shadow it casts when the sun shines on it, especially the pointer on a sundial.
2.An object such as a pillar used by an observer to calculate the meridian altitude of the sun (that is, the altitude of the sun when it reaches the observer's meridian), for the purpose of determining the observer's latitude.
3.The index of the hour circle of a globe.
Synonyms: cock, style