AJI is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 10 points
Yes for Scrabble. AJI is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept AJI?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AJI is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AJI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AJI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AJI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,996.
What does AJI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hot chilli pepper of South America.
Aji is the word across most of the Spanish-speaking continent both for the pepper itself and for the sauce made from it, and the varieties behind it are not the ones behind Mexican cooking. English took the word along with the ingredient, which arrived late and mostly through restaurants.
How AJI is used
Countable: an aji, two ajis. Also written with an accent on the last letter.
- The aji goes in at the end and not at the start.
- A yellow aji is milder than it looks and hotter than it tastes.
- Every household makes its own aji and thinks it standard.
- They sell three kinds of aji and argue about a fourth.
- The word aji covers the pepper and the sauce alike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AJI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AJI
The 3 tiles of AJI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AJI
4 longer words begin with AJI.
Words ending in AJI
4 words end in AJI. Useful as a back hook: play AJI onto a word already on the board.
Words with AJI inside
23 words contain AJI in the middle. Words that start with AJI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AJI
Common questions about AJI
- Is AJI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AJI is not in it.
- How many points is AJI worth?
- AJI is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AJI mean?
- A hot chilli pepper of South America.
- What letters can be added to AJI?
- AJI takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AJI:
Open AJI in the Word Finder