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Is tupuna a Scrabble word?

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

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Is tupuna a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1U1P3U1N1A1

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6-letter words (1 found)

TUPUNA,

5-letter words (1 found)

UNAPT,

4-letter words (10 found)

AUNT,PANT,PATU,PUNA,PUNT,TAPU,TUAN,TUNA,UNAU,UPTA,

3-letter words (16 found)

ANT,APT,NAP,NAT,NUT,PAN,PAT,PUN,PUT,TAN,TAP,TAU,TUN,TUP,UTA,UTU,

2-letter words (9 found)

AN,AT,NA,NU,PA,TA,UN,UP,UT,

You can make 37 words from tupuna according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tupuna

tupuna

Alternative forms

  • tipuna

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tupuna.

Noun

tupuna (plural tūpuna)

  1. (New Zealand) An ancestor, especially a grandparent

References

  • OED 2006

Hawaiian

Noun

tupuna

  1. Niʻihau form of kupuna (“grandparent, elder”)

Maori

Alternative forms

  • tipuna

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tumpu from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta- + Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *umpu (“grandparent or grandchild”), probably from Proto-Austronesian *apu (“grandparent or grandchild”) (*umpu is one of several PMP roots that are identical, except for the first vowel).

Noun

tupuna (irregular plural tūpuna)

  1. A grandparent, or any ancestor more remote than one's parents.

References

  • “tupuna” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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