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Is kaffir a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word kaffir is a Scrabble US word. The word kaffir is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is kaffir a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word kaffir is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

KAFFIR,

5-letter words (2 found)

FAKIR,KAFIR,

4-letter words (11 found)

FAIK,FAIR,FIAR,FIRK,KAIF,KIFF,KRAI,RAFF,RAIK,RAKI,RIFF,

3-letter words (16 found)

AFF,AIR,ARF,ARK,FAR,FIR,FRA,IFF,IRK,KAF,KAI,KIF,KIR,RAI,RIA,RIF,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AR,FA,IF,KA,KI,

You can make 36 words from kaffir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of kaffir

kaffir

Alternative forms

  • Caffer, caffre, kaffer, Kaffir, Kaffre, kafir, kaphar, kaphir, kafari

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic كَفَّار (kaffār, “infidel”) or كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), both from كَفَرَ (kafara, “to cover, to hide”); in some (especially early) uses, via Spanish cafre, Dutch kaffer or other European languages. Doublet of kafir.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæfə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæfɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ)

Noun

kaffir (countable and uncountable, plural kaffirs)

  1. (countable, offensive) In Islamic contexts, a non-Muslim. [from 16th c.]
  2. (countable, offensive) A member of the Nguni people of southern Africa, especially a Xhosa. [from 16th c.]
  3. (countable, South Africa, Rhodesia, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A black person. [from 17th c.]
  4. (uncountable, now historical, offensive) A language spoken by the Nguni peoples of southern Africa, especially Xhosa. [from 19th c.]
  5. (finance, slang, historical) South African mining shares [from early 20th c.]
  6. (uncountable) Short for kaffir corn.

Usage notes

This word was widely used in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Since the mid-twentieth century it has been regarded as derogatory.

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See also

  • kafir
  • Kaffir (ethnic slur) in Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org