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Is pho a Scrabble word?

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

P3H4O1

Is pho a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3H4O1

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The word pho is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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3-letter words (3 found)

HOP,PHO,POH,

2-letter words (4 found)

HO,OH,OP,PO,

You can make 7 words from pho according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pho

pho

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese phở.

Alternative forms

  • phở

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /fəʊ/, /fɜː/, /fʌ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /foʊ/, /fʌ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊ, -ɜː, -ʌ
  • Homophones: faux, foe

Noun

pho (usually uncountable, plural phos)

  1. A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken.
    • 1935: Marcelle "Countess" Morphy, Recipes of All Nations, p. 802 [1]
      PHO is the name of an Annamese soup held in high esteem. It is made with beef, a veal bone, onions, a bayleaf, salt, and pepper, and a small teaspoon of nuoc-man,[sic] a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes.
    • 2003: Frank Browning, "73106: Lemongrass on the Prairie", National Geographic, vol. 203, issue 3 [2]
      Ten minutes away from the intersection, the heart of Little Saigon, you can easily walk to five restaurants specializing in pho (the classic Vietnamese beef broth soup), two Asian supermarkets, and several Chinese barbecue cafés.
Translations

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

  • foh
  • phoh

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /foʊ/, /fʌ/

Interjection

pho

  1. (archaic) Expressing dismissive contempt.
Synonyms
  • feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw; see also Thesaurus:bah

Anagrams

  • OHP, POH, hop, pOH, poh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 副 (“classifier for sets”, SV: phó).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fɔ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [fɔ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fɔ˧˧]

Noun

pho

  1. set
    pho sách ― set of books

Classifier

pho

  1. Indicates complicated works, chiefly books and statues

Zou

Noun

pho

  1. shield

References

  • http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

Source: wiktionary.org