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Yes. The word afro is a Scrabble US word. The word afro is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word afro is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (3 found)

AFRO,FARO,FORA,

3-letter words (9 found)

ARF,FAR,FOR,FRA,FRO,OAF,OAR,ORA,ORF,

2-letter words (4 found)

AR,FA,OF,OR,

You can make 16 words from afro according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of afro

afro faro arfo rafo frao rfao afor faor aofr oafr foar ofar arof raof aorf oarf roaf oraf froa rfoa fora ofra rofa orfa

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word afro. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in afro.

Definitions and meaning of afro

afro

Alternative forms

  • Afro

Etymology

From Afro-. In relation to the sense 2, see latino and anglo.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæf.ɹoʊ/

Noun

afro (plural afros)

  1. hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
  2. A person of African ancestry

Synonyms

  • (hairstyle): 'fro
  • (person of African descent): Afrodescendant

Derived terms

  • Afro comb
  • afroed
  • Afro pick
  • halfro

Translations

See also

  • Jewfro

Anagrams

  • Faro, Fårö, RAFO, faro, fora

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈafro]
  • Hyphenation: af‧ro

Noun

afro n

  1. a hairstyle characterized by a tightly curled locks and a rounded shape
    Dominik Feri shodil své legendární afro

Declension

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English afro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.froː/
  • Hyphenation: afro

Noun

afro m (plural afro's, diminutive afrootje n)

  1. afro, fro

Derived terms

  • afrokapsel

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from English afro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑfro/, [ˈɑ̝fro̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑfro
  • Syllabification(key): af‧ro

Noun

afro

  1. afro (hairstyle)

Declension

Synonyms

  • afrokampaus

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “afro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

Noun

afro m (plural afros)

  1. afro (hairstyle)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.fro/
  • Rhymes: -afro
  • Hyphenation: à‧fro

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Adjective

afro (feminine afra, masculine plural afri, feminine plural afre)

  1. (literary) sharp, tart, sour, acerbic, bitter
    Synonyms: aspro, (literary) lazzo

Further reading

  • afro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Adjective

afro (feminine afra, masculine plural afri, feminine plural afre)

  1. (literary) African
    Synonym: africano

Further reading

  • afro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • faro, farò, fora

Latin

Adjective

āfrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of āfer

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English afro.

Noun

afro m (definite singular afroen, indefinite plural afroar, definite plural afroane)

  1. an afro

References

  • “afro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • afro, afro-, fora, fóra, fòra, fôra, ofra

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English afro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaf.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -afrɔ
  • Syllabification: af‧ro

Noun

afro n (indeclinable)

  1. afro (hairstyle)

Further reading

  • afro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • afro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧fro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English afro.

Noun

afro m (plural afros)

  1. afro (hairstyle)
    Synonym: black power

Etymology 2

From afro-.

Adjective

afro (invariable)

  1. African (of African culture)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French afro or English afro.

Adjective

afro m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. afro

Declension

Adverb

afro

  1. afro

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈafɾo/ [ˈa.fɾo]
  • Rhymes: -afɾo
  • Syllabification: a‧fro

Noun

afro m (plural afros)

  1. afro (hairstyle)

Further reading

  • “afro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org