1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Mashua in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does mashua mean? Is mashua a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is mashua worth? mashua how many points in Words With Friends? What does mashua mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for mashua

See how to calculate how many points for mashua.

Is mashua a Scrabble word?

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

M3A1S1H4U1A1

Is mashua a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3A1S1H4U1A1

Is mashua a Words With Friends word?

The word mashua is NOT a Words With Friends word.

Our tools

Valid words made from Mashua

Jump to...

Results

6-letter words (2 found)

MAHUAS,MASHUA,

5-letter words (5 found)

AMAHS,HUMAS,MAHUA,MUSHA,SHAMA,

4-letter words (16 found)

AAHS,AMAH,AMAS,AMUS,AUAS,HAMS,HUMA,HUMS,MAAS,MAHA,MASA,MASH,MASU,MUSH,SAMA,SHAM,

3-letter words (20 found)

AAH,AAS,AHA,AHS,AMA,AMU,ASH,AUA,HAM,HAS,HUM,MAA,MAS,MUS,SAM,SAU,SHA,SMA,SUM,UMS,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AH,AM,AS,HA,HM,MA,MU,SH,UH,UM,US,

You can make 55 words from mashua according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of mashua

mashua

Etymology 1

From Spanish mashua, from an indigenous language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Alternative forms

  • mashwa

Noun

mashua (plural mashuas)

  1. A root vegetable grown in the Andes, Tropaeolum tuberosum.

Etymology 2

From Swahili mashua (“boat”).

Alternative forms

  • machua, machwa, mashwa, muchwa

Noun

mashua (plural mashuas)

  1. A type of simple fishing vessel found on the coast of East Africa.

Anagrams

  • mahuas

Sango

Noun

mashua

  1. boat, steamboat

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic ماشوة (māšūa ~ māšawwa), ultimately from an Indian source; compare Gujarati મછવો (machvo) (plural/oblique મછવા (machvā)), Marathi मचवा (macvā).

Pronunciation

Noun

mashua (n class, plural mashua)

  1. a kind of single-masted fishing boat

Descendants

  • → English: mashua

References


Source: wiktionary.org