MOHUA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. MOHUA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept MOHUA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOHUA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOHUA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mohuasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOHUA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MOHUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does MOHUA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyNew Zealand
A small New Zealand forest bird with a bright yellow head and breast.
People know the mohua by the English name yellowhead as well, and it lives only in the South Island of New Zealand, mostly in tall beech forest, nesting in holes in old trees. Its name comes from Māori. Numbers of the mohua fell sharply after stoats and rats reached its forests, so the mohua is now protected and managed on several predator-free islands.
How MOHUA is used
Used mainly in nature writing and conservation reporting about New Zealand.
- A pair of mohua nested in a hollow beech near the ridge.
- The mohua is easy to spot by its bright yellow head.
- Conservation workers moved several mohua to a predator-free island.
- Beech forest in the South Island is the last stronghold of the mohua.
- Stoats nearly wiped out the mohua before trapping programmes began.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOHUA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOHUA
1 longer words begin with MOHUA.
Shorter words from the letters in MOHUA
Common questions about MOHUA
- Is MOHUA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and MOHUA is not in it.
- How many points is MOHUA worth?
- MOHUA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOHUA mean?
- A small New Zealand forest bird with a bright yellow head and breast.
- What letters can be added to MOHUA?
- MOHUA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MOHUA:
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