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Yes. The word hout is a Scrabble US word. The word hout is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word hout is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

HOUT,THOU,

3-letter words (4 found)

HOT,HUT,OUT,THO,

2-letter words (6 found)

HO,OH,OU,TO,UH,UT,

You can make 12 words from hout according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hout

hout ohut huot uhot ouht uoht hotu ohtu htou thou othu tohu huto uhto htuo thuo utho tuho outh uoth otuh touh utoh tuoh

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Definitions and meaning of hout

hout

Etymology

From Afrikaans hout. Doublet of holt.

Noun

hout (plural houts)

  1. (Rhodesia, slang, ethnic slur) A black African.

Anagrams

  • Huot, Thou, thou

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hout.

Pronunciation

Noun

hout (uncountable)

  1. wood

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɑu̯t/
  • Hyphenation: hout
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
  • Homophones: houd, houdt, Hout

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hout, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą.

Noun

hout n (plural houten, diminutive houtje n)

  1. wood
  2. particular kind of wood
  3. piece of wood, stick
Synonyms
  • (kind of wood): houtsoort
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: hout
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hautu
  • Jersey Dutch: hāut
  • Negerhollands: hout, houtu, hautu
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: hout
  • → Papiamentu: houchi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hout

  1. inflection of houten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Finnish

Noun

hout

  1. nominative plural of hoku

Anagrams

  • ohut, tuho, uhot

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch holt

Noun

hout n

  1. wood (material of trees)
  2. piece of wood; branch, stick, beam
  3. tree
  4. wood, forest
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
  • holt
Descendants
  • Dutch: hout
    • Afrikaans: hout
  • Limburgish: hówtj

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *halt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt.

Adjective

hout

  1. lame, crippled, halt
Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Adjective

hout

  1. Alternative spelling of out

Further reading

  • “hout (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “hout (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hout (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hout (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page V

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔu̯t/

Noun

hout n (plural houten, diminutive houtsje)

  1. wood

Further reading

  • “hout”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org