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Yes. The word houngan is a Scrabble US word. The word houngan is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word houngan is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

H4O1U1N1G2A1N1

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7-letter words (1 found)

HOUNGAN,

6-letter words (3 found)

ANOUGH,HUNGAN,UNHANG,

5-letter words (4 found)

GONNA,GUANO,HOGAN,HONAN,

4-letter words (16 found)

AGON,ANNO,ANON,AUGH,GAUN,GUAN,HANG,HAUN,HONG,HUNG,NANG,NANO,NOAH,NONA,NONG,NOUN,

3-letter words (25 found)

AGO,ANN,GAN,GAU,GNU,GOA,GON,GUN,HAG,HAN,HAO,HOA,HOG,HON,HUG,HUN,NAG,NAH,NAN,NOG,NOH,NON,NUG,NUN,UGH,

2-letter words (16 found)

AG,AH,AN,GO,GU,HA,HO,NA,NO,NU,OH,ON,OU,UG,UH,UN,

You can make 65 words from houngan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of houngan

houngan

Etymology

From Haitian Creole oungan, apparently from Fon houn (“spirit”) + Kongo nganga (“high priest”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(h)uŋ.ɡən/, /-ɡæn/

Noun

houngan (plural houngans)

  1. A (male) voodoo priest.
    • 1995, Sidney Mintz & Michel-Rolph Trouillot, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, page 147:
      By then, estimates of the number of oungans killed in 1986-87 had reached as high as 400.

Alternative forms

  • oungan

See also

  • mambo (the female equivalent)

Source: wiktionary.org