ACAJOU is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ACAJOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACAJOU?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACAJOU is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACAJOU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acajousChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACAJOU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ACAJOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does ACAJOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
The cashew tree or its fruit, and also a reddish wood like mahogany.
Acajou comes through French from a South American native word. It has been applied both to the cashew and to a kind of mahogany used in furniture.
How ACAJOU is used
Acajou is a rare word seen mainly in botany, old trade lists and French contexts.
- The acajou tree bears its nut at the end of a swollen fruit.
- The cabinet was made of dark acajou.
- Sailors brought acajou back from the tropics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACAJOU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACAJOU
1 longer words begin with ACAJOU.
Shorter words from the letters in ACAJOU
Common questions about ACAJOU
- Is ACAJOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACAJOU, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACAJOU worth?
- ACAJOU is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACAJOU mean?
- The cashew tree or its fruit, and also a reddish wood like mahogany.
- What letters can be added to ACAJOU?
- ACAJOU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ACAJOU:
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