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Is assegai a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word assegai is a Scrabble US word. The word assegai is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is assegai a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word assegai is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1S1S1E1G2A1I1

Is assegai a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word assegai is a Words With Friends word. The word assegai is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

ASSEGAI,

6-letter words (1 found)

SAIGAS,

5-letter words (8 found)

AEGIS,AIGAS,ASSAI,GASES,SAAGS,SAGAS,SAGES,SAIGA,

4-letter words (18 found)

AGAS,AGES,AIAS,AIGA,ASEA,EGIS,GAES,GIES,SAAG,SAGA,SAGE,SAGS,SAIS,SEAS,SEGS,SEIS,SIES,SIGS,

3-letter words (21 found)

AAS,AGA,AGE,AGS,AIA,AIS,ASS,EAS,ESS,GAE,GAS,GIE,GIS,SAE,SAG,SAI,SEA,SEG,SEI,SIG,SIS,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AE,AG,AI,AS,EA,ES,GI,IS,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 60 words from assegai according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of assegai

assegai

Alternative forms

  • assagai, assagaie, assagay, assegaai, assegay, azagaia, hassagay, hassaguay, zagaie, zagaye (obsolete)

Etymology

From French azagaie (now zagaie) or Portuguese azagaia, Spanish azagaya, and later in the forms that have become most common borrowed from Afrikaans assegaai, from colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæsəɡaɪ/

Noun

assegai (plural assegais)

  1. A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
  2. The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.

Translations

Verb

assegai (third-person singular simple present assegais, present participle assegaiing, simple past and past participle assegaied)

  1. To spear with an assegai.

See also

  • assegai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Curtisia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Curtisia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:assegai on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Category:Curtisia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Source: wiktionary.org