Definitions for khats

khats khat

Spelling: [kaht]
IPA: /kɑt/

Khats is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in khats (ahkst).

Definitions for khats

noun

  1. kat.
  2. an evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, of Arabia and Africa, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic when chewed or made into a beverage.

Origin of khats

First recorded in 1855-60, kat is from the Arabic word qāt

Examples for khats

Both are synthetic versions of a natural ingredient found in the East African khat plant.

The staff instantly opened, and out of it sprang a man, who said that his name was khat, a word which signifies begotten of wood.

There it is the term in every-day use for any rough bedstead, such as the natives sleep on and call a khat.

Another plant universally used as a stimulant in Southern Arabia is khat (Catha edulis).

Word Value for khats
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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