Definitions for tuis

tuis tu·i

Spelling: [too-ee]
IPA: /ˈtu i/

Tuis is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in tuis (istu).

Definitions for tuis

noun

  1. a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.

Origin of tuis

First recorded in 1825-35, tui is from the Maori word tūī

Examples for tuis

This tui of gems is so perfectly arranged and inventoried that the absence of any one of them would at once be perceived.

tui was listened to attentively, as he every now and then put in a word.

Not only was tui Tulifau every inch a king, but he was every second a king.

Several of these tui have been found containing instruments.

They cut three heavy bunches and were returning home, when Glu and tui began to quarrel, on the steep mountain path.

The story is better known, however, by Anatole France's version, included in his "tui de Nacre" .

tui Tulifau is down at the boat house broaching a case of my Scotch.

"We've decided to charge the demurrage and other expenses and loss to tui Tulifau," Grief said.

Soldiers when going to war call on tui for help, and they like to begin a battle on Tuesday.

Other snares were set on the miro-trees, of whose sweet berries the pigeons and tui were particularly fond.

Word Value for tuis
Scrable

3

Words with friends

4

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