AJWAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. AJWAN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AJWAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AJWAN is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AJWAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ajwansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AJWAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AJWAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does AJWAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian Englishbotany
The small, aromatic seed-like fruit of an Indian plant related to caraway and cumin, used as a spice and in traditional medicine.
Ajwan seeds have a sharp, thyme-like flavor and are commonly added whole to lentil dishes, breads and pickles in South Asian cooking. Beyond the kitchen, ajwan has long been used in traditional medicine to settle the stomach and ease digestion. The plant that produces ajwan belongs to the same family as caraway, cumin and dill.
How AJWAN is used
A culinary and botanical term most familiar from South Asian cooking and traditional medicine.
- The recipe called for a pinch of ajwan fried in hot oil.
- She kept a small jar of ajwan seeds beside the cumin.
- Ajwan is often chewed after a heavy meal to aid digestion.
- The bread was flecked with tiny dark seeds of ajwan.
- Traditional remedies mix ajwan with warm water for stomach upset.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AJWAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AJWAN
The 5 tiles of AJWAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AJWAN
1 longer words begin with AJWAN.
Shorter words from the letters in AJWAN
Common questions about AJWAN
- Is AJWAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AJWAN is not in it.
- How many points is AJWAN worth?
- AJWAN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AJWAN mean?
- The small, aromatic seed-like fruit of an Indian plant related to caraway and cumin, used as a spice and in traditional medicine.
- What letters can be added to AJWAN?
- AJWAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AJWAN:
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