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Is yah a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yah is a Scrabble US word. The word yah is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

Y4A1H4

Is yah a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yah is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

Y4A1H4

Is yah a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word yah is a Words With Friends word. The word yah is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Y3A1H3

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3-letter words (2 found)

HAY,YAH,

2-letter words (4 found)

AH,AY,HA,YA,

You can make 6 words from yah according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of yah

yah

Translingual

Symbol

yah

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yazghulami.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Yazghulami terms

English

Etymology 1

An alternative pronunciation, equivalent of yeah and yes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jʌː/, /jɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ʌː, -ɑː

Adverb

yah (not comparable)

  1. (US, UK, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia) Yes.
Translations

Interjection

yah

  1. An expression uttered to encourage a horse to run faster.
Translations

Etymology 2

From the pronunciation of “yes” which such people use.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

yah (plural yahs)

  1. (British, informal) An upper-class person, especially a Sloane Ranger.
Translations
See also
  • gap yah

Etymology 3

From you.

Pronoun

yah

  1. Pronunciation spelling of you.

See also

Anagrams

  • AYH, Hay, YHA, hay

Gullah

Etymology

Variant of yuh (“here”).

Adverb

yah

  1. here

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jah/
  • Rhymes: -jah, -ah

Noun

yah

  1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

  • ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
  • bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
  • abah (aba, bah)
  • rama

Manx

Interjection

yah?

  1. alternative form of yagh

Navajo

Etymology

Compare Carrier yoh (“house”)

Postposition

yah

  1. inside, into an enclosed space, into an enclosure

Oneida

Particle

yah

  1. not

References

Karin Michelson, Norma Kennedy, Mercy Doxtator (2016) Glimpses of Oneida Life, University of Toronto, page 384

South Slavey

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *yəx̣s. Cognates include Navajo yas and Dogrib zah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jà(h)], [ʒà(h)]
  • Hyphenation: yah

Noun

yah (stem -yah-)

  1. snow

Inflection

References

  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 99

Zhuang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ja˧/
  • Tone numbers: ya6
  • Hyphenation: yah

Noun

yah (Sawndip forms 𫰈 or 𫰎 or 下 or 𡟺 or 𭑧 or 𫰫 or 吓, 1957–1982 spelling yaƅ)

  1. wife
  2. mother-in-law (husband's mother)
  3. old woman; granny

Classifier

yah (1957–1982 spelling yaƅ)

  1. Classifier for elderly women.

Source: wiktionary.org