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Is blah a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word blah is a Scrabble US word. The word blah is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is blah a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word blah is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

B3L1A1H4

Is blah a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word blah is a Words With Friends word. The word blah is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

BLAH,

3-letter words (5 found)

ALB,BAH,BAL,LAB,LAH,

2-letter words (6 found)

AB,AH,AL,BA,HA,LA,

You can make 12 words from blah according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of blah

blah lbah balh ablh labh albh blha lbha bhla hbla lhba hlba bahl abhl bhal hbal ahbl habl lahb alhb lhab hlab ahlb halb

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

Definitions and meaning of blah

blah

Alternative forms

  • bla
  • blaa

Etymology

  • Sense “Idle, meaningless talk” (1940), probably imitative or echoic in origin. Compare Greek "barbarbar” ‘unintelligible sounds’ (Grillo 1989:174).
  • Adjective sense “bland, dull” (1919), perhaps influenced by French blasé (“bored, indifferent”).
  • The blahs (“boredom, mild depression”) first attested 1969; extension of adjective sense and influenced by term the blues.
  • Also may be connected with bleat

GRILLO, R.D. 1989. Dominant languages: Language and hierarchy in Britain and France. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /blɑː/
  • IPA(key): /bla/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

blah (countable and uncountable, plural blahs)

  1. (uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.
  2. (informal) (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.

Synonyms

  • (nonsense, drivel): bosh, bombast, bunkum, claptrap, eyewash, fustian, rant, hooey, humbug, rubbish, twaddle
  • (feeling of boredom, mild depression): malaise

Translations

Adjective

blah (comparative more blah, superlative most blah)

  1. (informal) Dull; uninteresting; insipid.
    Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah.
  2. (informal) Low in spirit or health; down.
    I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah.

Interjection

blah

  1. An expression of mild frustration.
    Synonyms: bah, blast, drat, (archaic) fie
    Blah! Why can't I get this computer to work!
  2. (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
    Synonyms: blah blah, blah blah blah, yada yada yada
    Yeah, yeah, blah blah blah, Mom, you said this all yesterday.
    And then he was like, "Oh, my brother's an Internet millionaire, blah blah blah." Like I care!
  3. Representing the sound of vomiting.
    Synonyms: bleah, blech, bleh

Translations

Verb

blah (third-person singular simple present blahs, present participle blahing, simple past and past participle blahed)

  1. (intransitive) To utter idle, meaningless talk.

See also

  • barbarian
  • rhubarb

Anagrams

  • Bahl

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Adjective

blah

  1. bright

Noun

blah

  1. moon

Source: wiktionary.org