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Is harmattan a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word harmattan is a Scrabble US word. The word harmattan is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

H4A1R1M3A1T1T1A1N1

Is harmattan a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word harmattan is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

H4A1R1M3A1T1T1A1N1

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Yes. The word harmattan is a Words With Friends word. The word harmattan is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3A1R1M4A1T1T1A1N2

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9-letter words (1 found)

HARMATTAN,

8-letter words (1 found)

AMARANTH,

7-letter words (4 found)

AMARANT,MARANTA,TANTARA,TARTANA,

6-letter words (14 found)

AMARNA,ANATTA,ANTARA,ATAMAN,HARAAM,HARMAN,MAHANT,MANTRA,MATATA,RATTAN,TAMARA,TANTRA,TARAMA,TARTAN,

5-letter words (17 found)

ANATA,ANTAR,ANTRA,ARHAT,ATMAN,ATTAR,HARAM,MANAT,MANTA,MARAH,RATAN,RATHA,TAATA,TATAR,THANA,THARM,TRANT,

4-letter words (34 found)

AMAH,ANTA,ARNA,ATMA,HAAR,HANT,HARM,HARN,HART,MAAR,MAHA,MANA,MARA,MART,MATH,MATT,NAAM,RANA,RANT,RATA,RATH,TAHA,TAHR,TANA,TANH,TARA,TARN,TART,TATH,THAN,THAR,THAT,TRAM,TRAT,

3-letter words (28 found)

AAH,AHA,AMA,ANA,ANT,ARM,ART,ATT,HAM,HAN,HAT,MAA,MAN,MAR,MAT,MNA,NAH,NAM,NAT,NTH,RAH,RAM,RAN,RAT,TAM,TAN,TAR,TAT,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AH,AM,AN,AR,AT,HA,HM,MA,NA,TA,

You can make 110 words from harmattan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of harmattan

harmattan

Etymology

From Twi Akan haramata or a related word (whence also Spanish harmatán). The ultimate origin is supposed by some to be an Arabic word, but which one is uncertain; حَرَام (ḥarām, “accursed thing”) has been suggested.

Pronunciation

Noun

harmattan (plural harmattans)

  1. A dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December, January and February, being a hot wind in some areas and a cold wind in others.
  2. A season which spans the period in which the harmattan wind blows.

References

  • Concise Oxford Dictionary, 5th Edition, 1975 revision
  • “harmattan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Alexander Knox, in The Climate of the Continent of Africa, explains that "the Harmattan [...] is a hot wind in some localities and a cold wind in others, according to circumstances." This is why some sources, both old and modern, call it a hot wind, while others call it a cold one.

French

Noun

harmattan m (plural harmattans)

  1. harmattan

Further reading

  • “harmattan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

harmattan m (invariable)

  1. harmattan

Source: wiktionary.org