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Is hiya a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hiya is a Scrabble US word. The word hiya is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

H4I1Y4A1

Is hiya a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hiya is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

H4I1Y4A1

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4-letter words (1 found)

HIYA,

3-letter words (3 found)

AHI,HAY,YAH,

2-letter words (6 found)

AH,AI,AY,HA,HI,YA,

You can make 10 words from hiya according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hiya

hiya ihya hyia yhia iyha yiha hiay ihay haiy ahiy iahy aihy hyai yhai hayi ahyi yahi ayhi iyah yiah iayh aiyh yaih ayih

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

Definitions and meaning of hiya

hiya

Etymology 1

Shortened from how are you?, with influence from hi. US, 1940s.

Alternative forms

  • hi-ya, hia, hiyah, heya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə, -aɪjə
  • Homophone: higher (in some non-rhotic accents)

Interjection

hiya

  1. An informal greeting, hi, hello.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hello
Related terms
  • hiya doin'

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

  • hi-ya
  • hiyah
  • hi-yah
  • haiya

Interjection

hiya

  1. (martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

References

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hi‧ya

Interjection

hiya

  1. giddyup
  2. (martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

Sambali

Pronoun

hiyá

  1. he; she; it

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həyaq (c.f. Aklanon huya', Hiligaynon huya), from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq (c.f. Paiwan siaq). Unrelated to Arabic حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ, “shame”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hi‧ya
  • IPA(key): /hiˈaʔ/, [hɪˈaʔ]

Noun

hiyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌ)

  1. shame; feeling of embarrassment
  2. act of shaming someone
  3. shyness; timidity
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Cebuano hiya and English hiya/hi-yah.

Alternative forms

  • hi-ya

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hi‧ya
  • IPA(key): /hiˈa/, [hɪˈa]

Interjection

hiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌ)

  1. used to get a horse or work animal to go faster: giddyup!

References

Further reading

  • “hiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hja/

Pronoun

hiya (third person personal pronoun, objective and nominative case, common gender)

  1. him
  2. her
  3. he
  4. she

Source: wiktionary.org