mah

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/mɑː˧/
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/mɑː˧/ · /mɑː˦/

Definition of mah

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

det

  1. (Southern-US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of my.
    “Adventurer: 'AFTER YEARS OF ADVENTURING... I HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE STREETPASS ARENA. ONCE I REST MAH HOOFS, I'M GOING TO RECORD MY SECRET BATTLE TECHNIQUE.'”
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det

  1. (Southern-US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of my.
    “Adventurer: 'AFTER YEARS OF ADVENTURING... I HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE STREETPASS ARENA. ONCE I REST MAH HOOFS, I'M GOING TO RECORD MY SECRET BATTLE TECHNIQUE.'”

particle

  1. (Manglish, Singlish)Asserts that there is a straightforward or self-evident reason for something.
    “— The plants are all dying already. — No one here to water them mah...”
    “[…] Alternatively train SBS bus drivers to become pilots also since they are already bus captains. Anyone can become a pilot mah. Its so easy. Everybody should give it try-but not with me on board.”
    “Especially today—we holiday, mah, so don’t bring them to town until tomorrow.”
    “In response, I ask if he thinks that his future child would be embarrassed about the online reputation that he has built for himself after all these years. “Why? All of this is just acting mah, I got nothing to be ashamed about.””
    “If I’m running around for errands, I want to look cute also mah. I used to wear shorts, but now I’d rather not. It’ll look like I’ve got thousands of cat scratches.”
  2. (colloquial)Used at the end of an affirmative declarative sentence to change it into a yes–no question.
    “Coz must charge daily lei”

name

  1. A surname.
  2. (India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Maharashtra.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Cantonese 嘛 (maa³).

Words you can make from mah

6 playable · top: HAM (8 pts)

Best play ham 8 points

2-letter words

5 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 front

A single letter you can add to mah to make another valid word.

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