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Is huh a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word huh is a Scrabble US word. The word huh is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

H4U1H4

Is huh a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word huh is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

H4U1H4

Is huh a Words With Friends word?

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

H3U2H3

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3-letter words (1 found)

HUH,

2-letter words (1 found)

UH,

You can make 2 words from huh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of huh

huh uhh hhu hhu uhh huh

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Definitions and meaning of huh

huh

Alternative forms

  • hah
  • hunh

Etymology

Attested from circa 1600. Compare Dutch hè (“huh”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hʌ/, [hʌ̃]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hə/, [hə̃]
  • Rhymes: -ʌ

Interjection

huh

  1. (with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion.
  2. (with falling pitch) Used to express amusement or subtle surprise.
  3. (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.
  4. (slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.
  5. (informal, with rising pitch) Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said.
    Synonyms: come again, pardon, what; see also Thesaurus:say again
  6. (informal, with falling pitch) Used to create a tag question.
  7. (onomatopoeia) Representing the sound of heavy breathing.
  8. (onomatopoeia) Representing a chuckling sound.
  9. (martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • “huh”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

  • uhh

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • hiech, hieh (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German hōh, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh, from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huː/

Adjective

huh (masculine huhe, feminine huh, comparative hüher or hühter or hieher, superlative et hühste or hüchste or hühtste or hiehtste)

  1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) high; tall

Usage notes

  • The comparation forms with -ü- are Ripuarian, those with -ie- are Moselle Franconian.

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly from English huh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦʏ/

Interjection

huh

  1. huh (an exclamation indicating puzzlement)

See also

  • hè

Finnish

Etymology

Probably natural or onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuh/, [ˈhuh]
  • Rhymes: -uh
  • Syllabification(key): huh

Interjection

huh

  1. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise)

Derived terms

See also

  • huh huh

Further reading

  • “huh”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Yucatec Maya

Noun

huh

  1. Obsolete spelling of juuj

Source: wiktionary.org