MAHUA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MAHUA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAHUA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAHUA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAHUA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mahuasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MAHUA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MAHUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does MAHUA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishbotany
An Indian tree with fleshy, edible flowers that are used to make oil, food, and a traditional alcoholic drink.
The mahua tree grows widely across central and northern India, and its thick, sweet flowers fall to the ground in spring, where they are gathered by hand rather than picked from the branches. Pressed seeds from the same tree yield an oil used in cooking and in soap-making, while the fermented flowers are used to brew a strong traditional liquor bearing the same name. The tree has long been important to rural and tribal communities, who rely on it for food, fuel, and income.
How MAHUA is used
Loanword from Hindi; used both for the tree itself and, informally, for the drink made from its flowers.
- Villagers collected mahua flowers from beneath the tree at dawn.
- The local drink is distilled from fermented mahua blossoms.
- Oil pressed from mahua seeds is used in cooking and soap.
- A row of mahua trees shaded the path to the village well.
- Families depend on the mahua harvest for extra income each year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAHUA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MAHUA
3 longer words begin with MAHUA.
Shorter words from the letters in MAHUA
Common questions about MAHUA
- Is MAHUA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAHUA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAHUA worth?
- MAHUA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAHUA mean?
- An Indian tree with fleshy, edible flowers that are used to make oil, food, and a traditional alcoholic drink.
- What letters can be added to MAHUA?
- MAHUA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MAHUA:
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