t 1 y 4 c 3 o 1 o 1 n 1
6 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman
originBorrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0