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What does yahoo mean? Is yahoo a Scrabble word?

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Is yahoo a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word yahoo is a Scrabble US word. The word yahoo is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

Y4A1H4O1O1

Is yahoo a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word yahoo is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

Y4A1H4O1O1

Is yahoo a Words With Friends word?

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

Y3A1H3O1O1

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5-letter words (1 found)

YAHOO,

4-letter words (2 found)

AHOY,HOYA,

3-letter words (8 found)

HAO,HAY,HOA,HOO,HOY,OHO,OOH,YAH,

2-letter words (9 found)

AH,AY,HA,HO,OH,OO,OY,YA,YO,

You can make 20 words from yahoo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of yahoo

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

Definitions and meaning of yahoo

yahoo

Etymology 1

From Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where Yahoo is the name of a race of brutes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑːhuː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːhu

Noun

yahoo (plural yahoos)

  1. (derogatory) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.
  2. (cryptozoology) A humanoid cryptid said to exist in parts of eastern Australia, and also reported in the Bahamas.
    • 1835, James Holman, Travels, quoted by Malcolm Smith, Bunyips and Bigfoots (Millennium Books, 1996, →ISBN), who notes that the Australian sense almost certainly derives from Gulliver's Travels, despite Holman's report
      The natives are greatly terrrified by the sight of a person in a mask calling him "devil" or Yah-hoo, which signifies evil spirit.
Synonyms
  • (a rough, coarse, or uncouth person): yokel, lout
Derived terms
  • Netanyahoo
Translations

Etymology 2

Expressive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jəˈhuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

yahoo

  1. An exclamation of joy or enjoyment.
  2. A battle cry.
Translations

Verb

yahoo (third-person singular simple present yahoos, present participle yahooing, simple past and past participle yahooed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To give a cry of yahoo.

Etymology 3

From Yahoo!.

Alternative forms

  • Yahoo

Verb

yahoo (third-person singular simple present yahoos, present participle yahooing, simple past and past participle yahooed)

  1. (Internet, informal, transitive, intransitive) To search using the Yahoo! search engine.

References

Anagrams

  • ooyah

Source: wiktionary.org