sia

Not valid in Scrabble

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

Scrabble points
3
Words With Friends
3
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/sjɑː˧/
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/sjɑː˧/ · /-˨˧/ · /sjɐ/ · /sjə/

Definition of sia

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

particle

  1. (Manglish, Singlish)Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.
    “— If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia?”
    “[…] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!”
    “Wah. Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday. But I'm really glad to be able to contribute😄”
    “As soon as the sentence was handed down, I saw my Mum crying. I was given 5 minutes to talk to them and after that, I thought to myself what the fuck am I going to do sia! […]”
    “And we fucking panic sia. We kept saying, "No no no!" And they kept shouting […]”
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particle

  1. (Manglish, Singlish)Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.
    “— If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia?”
    “[…] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!”
    “Wah. Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday. But I'm really glad to be able to contribute😄”
    “As soon as the sentence was handed down, I saw my Mum crying. I was given 5 minutes to talk to them and after that, I thought to myself what the fuck am I going to do sia! […]”
    “And we fucking panic sia. We kept saying, "No no no!" And they kept shouting […]”

name

  1. (Egyptian)An ancient Egyptian god, the personification of perception.
  2. (Philippines)A surname from Hokkien
  3. A female given name.

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Social Impact Assessment.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sial.

Words you can make from sia

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2-letter words

4 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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

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