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Is whoa a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word whoa is a Scrabble US word. The word whoa is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

W4H4O1A1

Is whoa a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word whoa is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

W4H4O1A1

Is whoa a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word whoa is a Words With Friends word. The word whoa is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

W4H3O1A1

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4-letter words (2 found)

WHOA,WOAH,

3-letter words (6 found)

HAO,HAW,HOA,HOW,WHA,WHO,

2-letter words (7 found)

AH,AW,HA,HO,OH,OW,WO,

You can make 15 words from whoa according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of whoa

whoa hwoa woha owha howa ohwa whao hwao waho awho hawo ahwo woah owah waoh awoh oawh aowh hoaw ohaw haow ahow oahw aohw

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word whoa. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in whoa.

Definitions and meaning of whoa

whoa

Alternative forms

  • woah
  • whoah

Etymology

Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wəʊ/, /ʍəʊ/
  • (US) enPR: wō, hwō, IPA(key): /woʊ/, /ʍoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊ
  • Homophone: woe (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Interjection

whoa

  1. Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
  2. An expression of surprise.
  3. Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.
    • 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)
      I am the type who is liable to snipe you
      With two seconds left to go, whoa.

Usage notes

An alternative spelling, woah (c. 1856), is common, but it is considered an error by some.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "stop, said to a horse"): giddyup, giddap

Derived terms

  • whoa back
  • whoa, Nelly

Translations

Verb

whoa (third-person singular simple present whoas, present participle whoaing, simple past and past participle whoaed)

  1. (transitive) To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".

References

  • Whoa! Woah?! Whoah. How an old exclamation became the Internet’s most variously spelled word., Matthew J.X. Malady, Slate

Anagrams

  • woah

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English whoa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝo̞ː]

Interjection

whoa(ウォー) • (wō) 

  1. (chiefly in popular music) wow; whoa

Source: wiktionary.org