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Is hiragana a Scrabble word?

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

H4I1R1A1G2A1N1A1

Is hiragana a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4I1R1A1G2A1N1A1

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Yes. The word hiragana is a Words With Friends word. The word hiragana is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

HIRAGANA,

7-letter words (3 found)

ANGARIA,HARIANA,NIAGARA,

6-letter words (6 found)

AAHING,ARGHAN,HANGAR,HARING,NAGARI,RAHING,

5-letter words (15 found)

AARGH,AGAIN,AGRIA,AGRIN,AHING,AINGA,ANIGH,ARGAN,GARNI,GRAIN,GRANA,HANGI,NAIRA,RANGA,RANGI,

4-letter words (33 found)

AGAR,AGHA,AGIN,AIGA,AIRN,ANGA,ARGH,ARIA,ARNA,GAIN,GAIR,GARI,GIRN,GNAR,GRAN,GRIN,HAAR,HAIN,HAIR,HANG,HARN,HING,NAGA,NGAI,NIGH,RAGA,RAGI,RAIA,RAIN,RANA,RANG,RANI,RING,

3-letter words (26 found)

AAH,AGA,AHA,AHI,AIA,AIN,AIR,ANA,ANI,GAN,GAR,GHI,GIN,HAG,HAN,HIN,ING,NAG,NAH,RAG,RAH,RAI,RAN,RIA,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AG,AH,AI,AN,AR,GI,HA,HI,IN,NA,

You can make 95 words from hiragana according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hiragana

hiragana

Alternative forms

  • hirakana, firagana (archaic)

Etymology

From Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/, /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/
  • Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə

Noun

hiragana (countable and uncountable, plural hiraganas or hiragana)

  1. (uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.
  2. A letter of this syllabary.

Related terms

  • hentaigana
  • katakana
  • man'yōgana

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɪraɡana]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na

Noun

hiragana f

  1. hiragana

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • hiragana in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • hiragana in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhirɑɡɑnɑ/, [ˈhirɑ̝ˌɡɑ̝nɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): hi‧ra‧ga‧na

Noun

hiragana

  1. hiragana (syllabary)
  2. hiragana (letter of the syllabary)

Declension

Anagrams

  • hangaari

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ʁa.ɡa.na/, /hi.ʁa.ɡa.na/

Noun

hiragana m (plural hiraganas)

  1. hiragana

Japanese

Romanization

hiragana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひらがな

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hiragana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xi.raˈɡa.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: hi‧ra‧ga‧na

Noun

hiragana f

  1. hiragana (main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings)
    Coordinate terms: kanji, katakana

Declension

Further reading

  • hiragana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na

Noun

hiragana m (uncountable)

  1. hiragana (Japanese syllabary)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese 平仮名 (hiragana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xiraɡǎna/
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na

Noun

hiragàna f (Cyrillic spelling хирага̀на)

  1. hiragana

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org