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Is heigh a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word heigh is a Scrabble US word. The word heigh is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

H4E1I1G2H4

Is heigh a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word heigh is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

H4E1I1G2H4

Is heigh a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word heigh is a Words With Friends word. The word heigh is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1I1G3H3

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Valid words made from Heigh

You can make 11 words from 'heigh' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


5 letters words from 'heigh'

HEIGH 12 

4 letters words from 'heigh'

HIGH 11 

3 letters words from 'heigh'

GHI 7GIE 4
HEH 9HIE 6

2 letters words from 'heigh'

EH 5GI 3
HE 5HI 5

All 5 letters words made out of heigh

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

Definitions and meaning of heigh

heigh

Alternative forms

  • hey, hi
  • hegh, hech (Scotland)

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin. Compare hey, eh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heɪ/

Interjection

heigh

  1. An exclamation designed to call attention, give encouragement, etc.
    • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, scene 1:
      Heigh, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts.

Derived terms

  • heigh-ho

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēah, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”).

Adjective

heigh (comparative heigher, superlative heighest)

  1. high
Alternative forms
  • heighe, heiȝ, heiȝe, heiȝh, heih, hei, heie, heij, hegh, heghe, heg, hege, heȝ, heȝe, heȝhe, heh, hehe, hehȝe, egh, eȝe, he, high, highe, hiȝ, hiȝe, hih, hihe, hiegh, hieȝ, hieȝe, iȝe, hi, hie, hij, heygh, heyghe, heyȝ, heyȝe, heyh, hey, heye, hygh, hyghe, hyȝ, hyȝe, hyh, hyhe, hyeȝ, yȝe, hy, hye
  • heah, heahe, heahȝæ, heaȝe, heaȝæ, hæh, hæhȝe, hæge, hæȝe, hah, hage, haihe, aȝe, haie, haye (early)
Derived terms
  • hyghnesse
Descendants
  • English: high
  • Scots: heich
  • Yola: heigh, hia

References

  • “heigh, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Interjection

heigh

  1. Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

Etymology 3

Noun

heigh (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

Etymology 4

Verb

heigh (third-person singular simple present heigheth, present participle heighende, heighynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heighed)

  1. Alternative form of hien (“to go quickly”)

Yola

Alternative forms

  • hia

Etymology

From Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh.

Adjective

heigh

  1. high

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a cry used to attract attention.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)