GADJE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. GADJE 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 GADJE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GADJE is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GADJE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gadjesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GADJE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GADJE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does GADJE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritishdialect
A fellow or person; an informal term for a man, related to the word gadgie.
Gadje turns up in pub conversation and casual banter across Newcastle, Sunderland and lowland Scotland, usually aimed at a stranger or an unnamed bystander rather than someone the speaker knows well. Older residents remember hearing their grandparents use it long before guy or bloke became the default choice for that generation's speech. Because spelling in regional dialect was rarely fixed, some writers render the same sound as gadgie or gadgy without treating any one form as more correct than gadje itself.
How GADJE is used
Informal and regional; heard chiefly in northern English and Scottish everyday speech rather than in formal contexts.
- Some gadje was asking for directions outside the shop.
- He's a decent gadje once you get to know him.
- The old gadje sat on the bench every morning.
- A gadje in a flat cap waved from across the street.
- That gadje always parks in the same spot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GADJE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GADJE
1 longer words begin with GADJE.
Shorter words from the letters in GADJE
Common questions about GADJE
- Is GADJE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GADJE is not in it.
- How many points is GADJE worth?
- GADJE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GADJE mean?
- A fellow or person; an informal term for a man, related to the word gadgie.
- What letters can be added to GADJE?
- GADJE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GADJE:
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