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Is houri a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word houri is a Scrabble US word. The word houri is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is houri a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word houri is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

H4O1U1R1I1

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Yes. The word houri is a Words With Friends word. The word houri is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

HOURI,

4-letter words (2 found)

HORI,HOUR,

3-letter words (4 found)

HOI,HUI,OUR,RHO,

2-letter words (9 found)

HI,HO,IO,OH,OI,OR,OU,UH,UR,

You can make 16 words from houri according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of houri

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Definitions and meaning of houri

houri

Etymology

From French houri, from Persian حوری (hurî), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy) and Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya), adjective and feminine singulative of حُور (ḥūr) from Classical Arabic حُورٌ عِينٌ (ḥūrun ʕīnun, “fair maidens, black-eyed ones”). See أَحْوَر m (ʔaḥwar), حَوْرَاء f (ḥawrāʔ) for the base adjective.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ho͝o′rē, IPA(key): /ˈhʊəɹi/
  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹi

Noun

houri (plural houris)

  1. (Islam) A nymph in the form of a beautiful virgin supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.
  2. (by extension) Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.

Translations

Further reading

  • houri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Verb

houri

  1. inflection of houria:
    1. third-person singular past indicative
    2. present active indicative connegative
    3. second-person singular present imperative
    4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

  • roihu, rouhi

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian حوری (hurî), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy) and Arabic حُورِيَّة (ḥūriyya), adjective and feminine singulative of حُور (ḥūr) from Classical Arabic حُورٌ عِينٌ (ḥūrun ʕīnun, “fair maidens, black-eyed ones”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.ʁi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

houri f (plural houris)

  1. (Islam) houri
  2. harem girl, odalisque
  3. (figurative) beauty (beautiful woman)

Descendants

  • → Catalan: hurí
  • → English: houri
  • → German: Huri

References

  • “houri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org