AHI is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AHI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AHI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AHI is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AHI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AHI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AHI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 998.
What does AHI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Yellowfin tuna, in Hawaiian and American menu use.
Ahi is Hawaiian and reached the mainland with poke and with sushi, and on a menu it nearly always means the fish served raw or barely cooked. The same creature under its English name usually arrives in a tin, which is why the borrowing was worth making at all.
How AHI is used
Uncountable: seared ahi. Chiefly American.
- The ahi was seared for thirty seconds a side.
- A menu that says ahi means it will not be cooked through.
- Ahi and tinned tuna are the same fish and not the same food.
- The word ahi came from Hawaii with the poke bowl.
- They sell ahi by weight at the market on the pier.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AHI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AHI
The 3 tiles of AHI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AHI
14 longer words begin with AHI.
Words ending in AHI
6 words end in AHI. Useful as a back hook: play AHI onto a word already on the board.
Words with AHI inside
Showing 24 of 64 words that contain AHI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AHI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AHI
Common questions about AHI
- Is AHI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AHI, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AHI worth?
- AHI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AHI mean?
- Yellowfin tuna, in Hawaiian and American menu use.
- What letters can be added to AHI?
- AHI takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AHI:
Open AHI in the Word Finder