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What does highway mean? Is highway a Scrabble word?

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Is highway a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word highway is a Scrabble US word. The word highway is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

H4I1G2H4W4A1Y4

Is highway a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word highway is a Scrabble UK word and has 20 points:

H4I1G2H4W4A1Y4

Is highway a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word highway is a Words With Friends word. The word highway is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3I1G3H3W4A1Y3

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7-letter words (1 found)

HIGHWAY,

5-letter words (1 found)

AHIGH,

4-letter words (4 found)

HIGH,HIYA,WHIG,YAGI,

3-letter words (17 found)

AHI,GAW,GAY,GHI,HAG,HAH,HAW,HAY,WAG,WAI,WAY,WHA,WHY,WIG,YAG,YAH,YAW,

2-letter words (9 found)

AG,AH,AI,AW,AY,GI,HA,HI,YA,

You can make 32 words from highway according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of highway

highway

Etymology

From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high +‎ way. Compare highgate, high street, high road.

Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪweɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪweɪ

Noun

highway (plural highways)

  1. (historical) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides
  2. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
  3. (figurative) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
  4. (law, rail transport) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
  5. (computing) Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”)

Synonyms

  • (road): hwy. (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

  • (main public road): expressway, motorway

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

highway (third-person singular simple present highways, present participle highwaying, simple past and past participle highwayed)

  1. To travel on a highway

References

  • “highway”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “highway”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org