AJUGA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AJUGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AJUGA?
| 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 AJUGA is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AJUGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ajugasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AJUGA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AJUGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What stands out about AJUGA
- AJUGA 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 AJUGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A low-growing plant of the mint family, commonly grown as ground cover and valued for its spikes of blue or purple flowers.
Ajuga spreads quickly across bare soil by sending out runners, which is why gardeners plant it beneath shrubs or along a border where little else will grow. In spring short upright stems rise above a mat of glossy leaves that can be green, bronze or deep wine-red depending on the variety, opening into small tubular flowers that draw early bees. The plant belongs to the mint family, though it lacks the strong scent typical of many of its relatives. Gardeners commonly call ajuga by its scientific name rather than by any single widely used common name.
How AJUGA is used
Used both as the scientific genus name and as the everyday name gardeners use for the plant.
- They planted ajuga along the shady edge of the path.
- The bronze-leaved ajuga spread quickly across the bare patch.
- Bees visited the purple flower spikes of the ajuga each spring.
- She recommended ajuga for ground cover under the old oak tree.
- The garden center sold several color varieties of ajuga.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AJUGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AJUGA
1 longer words begin with AJUGA.
Shorter words from the letters in AJUGA
Common questions about AJUGA
- Is AJUGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AJUGA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AJUGA worth?
- AJUGA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AJUGA mean?
- A low-growing plant of the mint family, commonly grown as ground cover and valued for its spikes of blue or purple flowers.
- What letters can be added to AJUGA?
- AJUGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AJUGA:
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