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Is wahine a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wahine is a Scrabble US word. The word wahine is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is wahine a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wahine is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

WAHINE,

5-letter words (1 found)

WHINE,

4-letter words (15 found)

AINE,ANEW,EINA,HAEN,HAIN,HEWN,HWAN,WAIN,WANE,WEAN,WENA,WHAE,WHEN,WHIN,WINE,

3-letter words (25 found)

AHI,AIN,ANE,ANI,AWE,AWN,EAN,HAE,HAN,HAW,HEN,HEW,HIE,HIN,NAE,NAH,NAW,NEW,NIE,WAE,WAI,WAN,WEN,WHA,WIN,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AH,AI,AN,AW,EA,EH,EN,EW,HA,HE,HI,IN,NA,NE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 59 words from wahine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wahine

wahine

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori and Hawaiian wahine (“woman”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wɑːˈhiːnɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /wɑˈhineɪ/, /wɑˈhini/
  • Rhymes: -iːni, -iːneɪ

Noun

wahine (plural wahines)

  1. A Polynesian or Maori woman.
  2. (surfing) A female surfer.

Anagrams

  • Anhwei

Bunama

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waɣine/

Noun

wahine

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Duau

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

wahine

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waˈhi.ne/, [ʋəˈhi.ne]

Noun

wahine (irregular plural wāhine)

  1. woman, female
  2. (by extension) wife

Descendants

  • → English: wahine (with Maori wahine)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Noun

wahine (irregular plural wāhine)

  1. woman

Descendants

  • → English: wahine (with Hawaiian wahine)

Source: wiktionary.org