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Is honcho a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word honcho is a Scrabble US word. The word honcho is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

H4O1N1C3H4O1

Is honcho a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word honcho is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

H4O1N1C3H4O1

Is honcho a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word honcho is a Words With Friends word. The word honcho is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3O1N2C4H3O1

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6-letter words (1 found)

HONCHO,

5-letter words (2 found)

CHOON,HOOCH,

4-letter words (4 found)

CHON,COHO,COON,HOON,

3-letter words (13 found)

CON,COO,HOC,HOH,HON,HOO,NOH,NOO,OCH,OHO,ONO,OOH,OON,

2-letter words (6 found)

CH,HO,NO,OH,ON,OO,

You can make 26 words from honcho according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of honcho

honcho

Etymology

American English, from Japanese 班長 (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 (bānzhǎng, “team leader”). Probably entered English during World War II: many apocryphal stories describe American soldiers hearing Japanese prisoners-of-war refer to their lieutenants as hanchō.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/, enPR: hŏnʹchō
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒn.tʃəʊ/, enPR: hŏnʹchō
  • Rhymes: -ɒntʃəʊ
  • Hyphenation: hon‧cho

Noun

honcho (plural honchos or honchoes)

  1. (informal) boss, leader

Derived terms

  • head honcho

Translations

Verb

honcho (third-person singular simple present honchos, present participle honchoing, simple past and past participle honchoed)

  1. (transitive, informal, Canada, US) To lead or manage.

Further reading

  • “honcho”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “honcho”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Japanese

Romanization

honcho

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほんちょ

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