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Is halloo a Scrabble word?

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

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Is halloo a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4A1L1L1O1O1

Is halloo a Words With Friends word?

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

H3A1L2L2O1O1

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6-letter words (2 found)

HALLOO,HOLLOA,

5-letter words (3 found)

HALLO,HOLLA,HOLLO,

4-letter words (5 found)

ALOO,HALL,HALO,HOLO,OLLA,

3-letter words (8 found)

ALL,HAO,HOA,HOO,LAH,LOO,OHO,OOH,

2-letter words (8 found)

AH,AL,HA,HO,LA,LO,OH,OO,

You can make 26 words from halloo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of halloo

halloo

Alternative forms

  • haloo (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English hallow (“pursue, urge on”), from Old French haloer, which is imitative.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /həˈluː/, /hæˈluː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

halloo

  1. Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention.
  2. Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers.

Noun

halloo (plural halloos)

  1. A shout of halloo.

Verb

halloo (third-person singular simple present halloos or hallooes, present participle hallooing, simple past and past participle hallooed)

  1. (intransitive) To shout halloo.
  2. (transitive) To encourage with shouts; to egg (someone) on.
    • 1718, Matthew Prior, Alma, or, The Progress of the Mind, Canto 2, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: J. Tonson and J. Barber, Volume 2, p. 101,[6]
      Old JOHN halloo’s his hounds again:
  3. (transitive) To chase with shouts or outcries.
  4. (transitive) To call or shout to; to hail.
  5. (transitive) To shout (something).

Derived terms

Related terms

  • hollo

Anagrams

  • holloa

Source: wiktionary.org