BAJAN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. BAJAN 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BAJAN?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAJAN is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAJAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bajansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAJAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BAJAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does BAJAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotshistorical
A first-year student at a Scottish university, especially at Aberdeen, in older academic use.
Bajan was the label newcomers at certain Scottish institutions carried during their initial year, a custom now largely retired from campus life. It traces through French to a term for someone still beardless, capturing how the youngest arrivals looked to everyone around them. Though the tradition has faded, references to bajan linger in histories of Scotland's old academic customs and in glossaries of dated campus slang.
How BAJAN is used
A historical academic term, encountered mainly in writing about older Scottish university customs rather than current student life.
- In its early years, the university welcomed each new bajan with a formal ceremony.
- Older records refer to first-year students simply as bajans.
- The history of the university describes bajan traditions dating back centuries.
- He was proud to no longer be a bajan after his first term.
- The glossary explains that bajan once meant a Scottish university freshman.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAJAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAJAN
1 longer words begin with BAJAN.
Shorter words from the letters in BAJAN
Common questions about BAJAN
- Is BAJAN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BAJAN is not in it.
- How many points is BAJAN worth?
- BAJAN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAJAN mean?
- A first-year student at a Scottish university, especially at Aberdeen, in older academic use.
- What letters can be added to BAJAN?
- BAJAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BAJAN:
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