tohunga
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of tohunga
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(New-Zealand)A Māori chosen to be a specialist in a specific skilled field; especially, a priest.
“Those who became tohunga did so not simply voluntarily, but because they displayed aptitudes at an early age which indicated to their elders that they had been chosen by deities to perform particular functions […].”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Māori tohunga (“skilled person, chosen expert, priest, healer”).
Words you can make from tohunga
105 playable · top: HANGOUT (11 pts)
Best play hangout 11 points6-letter words
4 words5-letter words
15 words4-letter words
29 words- AUGH 8 pts
- GHAT 8 pts
- GOTH 8 pts
- HANG 8 pts
- HONG 8 pts
- HUNG 8 pts
- THUG 8 pts
- HANT 7 pts
- HAUT 7 pts
- HUNT 7 pts
- OATH 7 pts
- THAN 7 pts
- THOU 7 pts
- AGON 5 pts
- GAUN 5 pts
- GNAT 5 pts
- GOAT 5 pts
- GOUT 5 pts
- GUAN 5 pts
- TANG 5 pts
- TOGA 5 pts
- TONG 5 pts
- TUNG 5 pts
- AUNT 4 pts
- AUTO 4 pts
- NOTA 4 pts
- OUTA 4 pts
- TUNA 4 pts
- UNTO 4 pts
3-letter words
39 words- HAG 7 pts
- HOG 7 pts
- HUG 7 pts
- UGH 7 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HAT 6 pts
- HON 6 pts
- HOT 6 pts
- HUN 6 pts
- HUT 6 pts
- NAH 6 pts
- NOH 6 pts
- NTH 6 pts
- THO 6 pts
- AGO 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GNU 4 pts
- GOA 4 pts
- GOT 4 pts
- GUN 4 pts
- GUT 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NOG 4 pts
- NUG 4 pts
- TAG 4 pts
- TOG 4 pts
- TUG 4 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
2-letter words
17 wordsFind your best play with tohunga
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