Definitions For Hassar

Noun

HASSAR (plural HASSARs) Hoplosternum littorale, an edible South American catfish.

Alternative forms

hassa

Etymology

From {{der, en, arw, asa}}.{{R:MWO}}Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra, The Hassar, an Armoured Tropical Fish, in Fish: Food from the Waters, edited by Harlan Walker, page 220: "hassar - is the Guyanese name [...]. Allsopp's Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (OUP 1996) defines the word hassar as a derivative of the Arawak asa, meaning 'a small highly-prized edible fish'.

Anagrams

harass

Is Hassar a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Words with Friends
8

The word Hassar is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

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