Pashto
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
An Indo-Iranian language spoken by the Pashtun people, serving as one of the two official languages of Afghanistan and widely spoken in Pakistan.
“Aid workers in the region learned basic Pashto in order to communicate with local communities.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈpæʃtəʊ/
Syllables
pash·to
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Wordle
Contains both SH and TH digraphs, probing H position early rapidly narrows the options
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Scrabble
Worth 11 points, both SH and TH tile pairs contribute well to the total score
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