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Is AH a valid word?

A1
H4

Yes. AH is a valid word.

AH is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.

AH is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.

Meaning

Used to express delight, relief or regret; to say ah.

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About AH

AH is the sound of understanding, relief or delight, and in the word list it can also be a verb: to say ah, as at the doctor's office. The H is worth 4, so AH on a letter bonus adds up quickly.

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AH scores 5 points

Before any bonus squares: A 1 + H 4 = 5. On a double-word square that's 10, on a triple-word 15, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

A1
H4

Example: AH as the first play

AH through the ★: A 1 + H 4 = 5, and the ★ doubles the first word: 10 points. New tiles are outlined.

Later in the game, put the H on a 3L square and AH is worth 13 before any word bonus.

Hooks: one tile makes a new word

In front of AH (10):

  • AAHexpress admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
  • BAH
  • DAHthe longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
  • FAH
  • HAH
  • LAHthe syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
  • NAH
  • PAH
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After AH (3):

Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.

Longer words from AH

Other forms of AH (3):

Words that start with AH:

  • AHEMthe utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat
  • AHIS
  • AHOY
  • AHEADat or in the front
  • AHOLD
  • AHULL
  • AHCHOO
  • AHIMSAa Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence
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Change one tile

Swap any one letter of AH and these are still words:

  • EHused to express doubt or surprise
  • OHto exclaim in surprise, pain, or desire
  • SHused to urge silence
  • UHused to express hesitation
  • AArough, cindery lava
  • ABa muscle in the abdomen
  • ADan advertisement
  • AEone (Scots)
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  • AGagriculture
  • AIa three-toed sloth
  • ALan East Indian tree
  • AMa form of BE, as in “I am”

Same letters, other words

These use exactly the letters of AH:

  • HAa sound of surprise
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more

AH + A

  • AAHexpress admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
  • AHA

AH + B

AH + D

  • DAHthe longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
  • HADform of HAVE: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

AH + E

AH + F

AH + G

  • HAGan ugly evil-looking old woman

AH + H

AH + I

AH + J

  • HAJsame as HADJ: a pilgrimage to Mecca

AH + L

  • LAHthe syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization

Memory tip

AH is the sound you make when something finally makes sense. Reverse it for HA, and both take an S: AHS and HAS.

On these lists

Other two-letter words starting with A

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