Chignon

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A knot or roll of hair pinned up at the back of the neck.

“She arranged her hair into an elegant chignon for the formal dinner.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ʃɪnˈjɒn/

Syllables

chi·gnon

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Synonyms

bunknot coil

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Wordle

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Worth 15 points, GN cluster is tricky to place, useful for burning a difficult G and N together

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “chignon”.

coning honing ching chino coign coing conin hogni incog nonic ohing oncin chin chon cion coin cong coni conn ginn hing hoin hong icho

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