HAH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAH?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAH is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,967.
What stands out about HAH
- HAH is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HAH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An exclamation of triumph, surprise or scorn.
Hah is not the same thing as the laugh it looks like: doubled or trebled it becomes laughter, but on its own it is a reaction and usually a sharp one. Writers reach for the single form when a character has just understood something and is not pleased about it.
How HAH is used
Stands alone. Also spelled ha; doubling it makes laughter.
- Hah, I knew there was a catch.
- He said hah and closed the folder.
- A single hah is triumph and three is laughter.
- Hah, so that is where it went.
- The word hah in dialogue is rarely friendly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAH
6 longer words begin with HAH.
Words ending in HAH
9 words end in HAH. Useful as a back hook: play HAH onto a word already on the board.
Words with HAH inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain HAH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HAH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAH
Common questions about HAH
- Is HAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAH, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAH worth?
- HAH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAH mean?
- An exclamation of triumph, surprise or scorn.
- What letters can be added to HAH?
- HAH takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HAH:
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