You can make 11 words from hair according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 4 letters words made out of hair
hair ahir hiar ihar aihr iahr hari ahri hrai rhai arhi rahi hira ihra hria rhia irha riha airh iarh arih raih irah riah
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word hair. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in hair.
Definitions and meaning of hair
hair
Etymology
From Middle Englishher, heer, hær, from Old Englishhǣr, from Proto-West Germanic*hār, from Proto-Germanic*hērą(“hair”).
Cognate with Saterland FrisianHier(“hair”), West Frisianhier(“hair”), Dutchhaar(“hair”), German Low GermanHaar(“hair”), GermanHaar(“hair”), Swedish, Danish and Norwegianhår(“hair”), Icelandichár(“hair”). Eclipsed non-native Middle Englishcheveler, chevelere(“hair”), borrowed from Old Frenchchevelëure(“hair, head-hair, coiffure, wig”).
The modern spelling with ai is not a regular representation of the vowel developed from Middle English. Rather, it is from Middle Englishhere (haircloth) influenced by Old Frenchhaire.
Pronunciation
(UK) enPR: hâr, IPA(key): /hɛə/, /hɛː/
(US, Canada, Ireland) IPA(key): /hɛ(ə)ɹ/, [hɛɚ]
(General Australian) IPA(key): /heː/
(Victoria) IPA(key): /hɛːə/
(New Zealand) IPA(key): [hiə]
Homophone: hare
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
(New Zealand)Homophones: here(cheer–chair merger), air, heir(cheer–chair merger and H-dropping)
Noun
hair (countable and uncountable, pluralhairs)(but usually in singular)
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
(zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
(botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
(countable) Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
(uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
(countable, engineering, firearms) A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.
(obsolete)(Can we verify(+) this sense?) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
(countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
(slang, uncountable) Complexity; difficulty; the quality of being hairy.
January 2014, Barack Obama, quoted in "Going the Distance" by David Remnick, in The New Yorker
Having said all that, those who argue that legalizing marijuana is a panacea and it solves all these social problems I think are probably overstating the case. There is a lot of hair on that policy.
Usage notes
The word hair is usually used without an article in singular number when it refers to all the hairs on one's head in general. But if it refers to more than one hair, a few hairs, then it takes the plural form with an article and needs a plural verb.
hair (third-person singular simple presenthairs, present participlehairing, simple past and past participlehaired)
(transitive) To remove the hair from.
(intransitive) To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
(transitive) To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair
To string the bow for a violin.
Translations
Anagrams
Hari, Hira, Ihar, Riha, riah
Irish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /haɾʲ/
Verb
hair
h-prothesized form of air
Noun
hair
h-prothesized form of air
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hair (pluralhaires)
Alternative form of her(“hair”)
Etymology 2
Noun
hair (pluralhairesorhairen)
Alternative form of here(“haircloth”)
Etymology 3
Adjective
hair
Alternative form of hor(“hoar”)
Etymology 4
Noun
hair
Alternative form of heir(“heir”)
Old French
Alternative forms
hadir, haḍir, haïr
Etymology
From Frankish*hattjan.
Verb
hair
to hate
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. First person singular present hez and present subjunctives are inherited from Frankish with regular sound changes of *-ttj- > -z/c-. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Related terms
haïne
Descendants
Middle French: haïr
French: haïr
Norman: haï
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkishخیر(hayır), from Arabicخَيْر(ḵayr, “good, well, wellbeing”).