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Is baa a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word baa is a Scrabble US word. The word baa is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

B3A1A1

Is baa a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word baa is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

B3A1A1

Is baa a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word baa is a Words With Friends word. The word baa is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1A1

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Valid words made from Baa

You can make 5 words from 'baa' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


3 letters words from 'baa'

ABA 5BAA 5

2 letters words from 'baa'

AA 2AB 4
BA 4 

All 3 letters words made out of baa

baa aba baa aba aab aab

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

Definitions and meaning of baa

baa

Etymology 1

Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [bɑː]
  • (US) IPA(key): [bæ], [bɑ]
  • IPA(key): [bæ̰ː], [bæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Homophones: bah, bar (in some pronunciations)

Noun

baa (plural baas)

  1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
Synonyms
  • bleat
  • bleating
Translations

Interjection

baa

  1. (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.
Translations

Verb

baa (third-person singular simple present baas, present participle baaing, simple past and past participle baaed)

  1. To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
    • 1590-1593, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
      He treble baas for help, but none can get.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَاء‎ (bāʾ).

Noun

baa (plural baas)

  1. The letter ب‎ in the Arabic script.

Anagrams

  • A.B.A., AAB, ABA, Aba, aba

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː/

Noun

baa? m

  1. Apocopic form of babba

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː/

Noun

baa

  1. hip

References

  • Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary 2003

Manx

Noun

baa f

  1. genitive singular of booa

Mutation

Navajo

Postposition

baa

  1. about him/her/it/them
  2. to him/her/it/them
  3. into him/her/it/them

Usage notes

In pronunciation, the postposition baa is assimilated by an initial yi- of a following verb to make beei-: baa yishdloh = /beeishdloh/ (I am laughing at him). This does not affect the spelling, however.

Inflection

Shoshone

Alternative forms

  • paa

Noun

baa

  1. (Eastern Shoshone) water

References

  • Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionary

Swahili

Etymology 1

Noun

baa (ma class, plural mabaa)

  1. evil, plague
  2. danger, misfortune

Etymology 2

From English bar.

Noun

baa (n class, plural baa)

  1. a bar (social pub for alcoholic drinks)

Source: wiktionary.org
  • to cry like a sheep.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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