AJIVA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. AJIVA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AJIVA?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AJIVA is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AJIVA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ajivasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AJIVA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AJIVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What stands out about AJIVA
- AJIVA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AJIVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In Jain philosophy, the category of non-living, insentient substance that stands in contrast to jiva, the class of living souls.
Ajiva covers everything in the Jain universe that lacks consciousness, including matter, space, time and the conditions that make rest and motion possible. It is one half of a basic division at the heart of Jain thought, with jiva naming the conscious, living counterpart. Understanding the difference between ajiva and jiva is central to Jain teaching about the soul and its liberation from matter.
How AJIVA is used
A specialist term from Jain philosophy, used mainly in religious and academic writing about Jainism.
- The teacher explained how ajiva differs from the living soul, jiva.
- Jain texts classify matter and space under ajiva.
- Liberation, in Jain thought, means separating the soul from ajiva.
- Scholars of Jainism devote whole chapters to the nature of ajiva.
- The lecture compared ajiva to the idea of inert matter in Western philosophy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AJIVA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AJIVA
1 longer words begin with AJIVA.
Shorter words from the letters in AJIVA
Common questions about AJIVA
- Is AJIVA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AJIVA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AJIVA worth?
- AJIVA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AJIVA mean?
- In Jain philosophy, the category of non-living, insentient substance that stands in contrast to jiva, the class of living souls.
- What letters can be added to AJIVA?
- AJIVA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AJIVA:
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