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Is haw a Scrabble word?

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

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

H4A1W4

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3-letter words (2 found)

HAW,WHA,

2-letter words (3 found)

AH,AW,HA,

You can make 5 words from haw according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of haw

haw ahw hwa wha awh wah

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Definitions and meaning of haw

haw

Translingual

Symbol

haw

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Hawaiian.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /hɔː/
  • (General American, US) IPA(key): /hɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

From Middle English ha (interjection). Compare Old Norse há (interjection), Middle Low German ha, hā (interjection), Old High German aha, hei (interjection).

Interjection

haw

  1. An imitation of laughter, often used to express scorn or disbelief. Often doubled or tripled (haw haw or haw haw haw).
  2. An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like "haw"; the sound so made.
Usage notes
  • (an imitation of laughter): In the US, haw is rare (it was more used in the past), with ha being more common.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

haw (third-person singular simple present haws, present participle hawing, simple past and past participle hawed)

  1. To stop, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation.
Derived terms
  • hum and haw, hem and haw

Etymology 2

From Middle English hawe, from Old English haga (“enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Germanic *hagô (compare West Frisian haach, Dutch haag, German Hag (“hedged farmland”), Norwegian Bokmål hage (“garden”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰom (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”), Latin caulae (“sheepfold, enclosure”), cohum (“strap between plowbeam and yoke”), Russian кош (koš, “tent”), коша́ра (košára, “sheepfold”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa, “curtain wall”)), from *kagʰ- 'to catch, grasp' (compare Welsh cau (“to clasp”), Oscan kahad (“may he seize”).

Noun

haw (plural haws)

  2. Fruit of the hawthorn.
    Synonym: hawthorn berry
  3. (historical) A hedge.
  4. (obsolete) Something that has little value or importance; a whit or jot.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 3

Assumed to be interjectory, but compare Old English hawian (“to observe, look”)

Interjection

haw

  1. An instruction for a horse or other animal to turn towards the driver, typically left.
    Coordinate term: gee
Translations

Verb

haw (third-person singular simple present haws, present participle hawing, simple past and past participle hawed)

  1. (of an animal) To turn towards the driver, typically to the left.
    Antonym: gee
  2. To cause (an animal) to turn left.
    Antonym: gee
Derived terms

References

  • “haw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 4

Late Middle English (denoting a discharge from the eye), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Etymology 2 above, describing a berry.

Noun

haw (countable and uncountable, plural haws)

  1. (countable, anatomy) The third eyelid, or nictitating membrane.
  2. (uncountable) A disease of the nictitating membrane.

References

Anagrams

  • WHA, Wah, wah, wha

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ဟော (hau:).

Verb

haw

  1. to preach

References

  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit हल (hala), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁ol-. Cognate with Lithuanian žúolis.

Noun

haw

  1. plough

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aw/

Adverb

haw

  1. Alternative form of hawn: here

Middle English

Noun

haw

  1. Alternative form of hawe

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɑ́ː]

Noun

haw n (definite singular haweð, plural haw)

  1. sea

Derived terms

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /haɯ˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: haw1
  • Hyphenation: haw

Etymology 1

Noun

haw (Sawndip forms 𰁴 or 𫣞 or ⿰土黑, 1957–1982 spelling həɯ)

  1. fair; market

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 虛 (MC xjo).

Adjective

haw (1957–1982 spelling həɯ)

  1. weak; feeble

Source: wiktionary.org