GANJA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GANJA 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 GANJA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GANJA is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GANJA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GANJA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GANJA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does GANJA mean in Scrabble?
noun
slanginformal
Marijuana, especially the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant smoked as a drug.
Ganja is an informal name for cannabis that entered English from Hindi and is strongly associated with Rastafari culture in Jamaica, where it carries both social and religious significance for some users. The word spread internationally through reggae music and popular culture, and it is now used casually in many English-speaking countries as another word for marijuana. Ganja usually refers to the plant material itself rather than to other cannabis products such as oils or edibles. Rules around cannabis vary widely from place to place, and the word ganja is used in ordinary speech no matter what those local rules say.
How GANJA is used
Informal and associated originally with Rastafari and reggae culture; used broadly today as a casual word for marijuana.
- The song made several references to smoking ganja.
- He grew a small amount of ganja for his own use.
- The market sold incense alongside jars advertised as ganja.
- Reggae lyrics often mention ganja as part of Rastafari tradition.
- Police found a small bag of ganja during the search.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GANJA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GANJA
3 longer words begin with GANJA.
Shorter words from the letters in GANJA
Common questions about GANJA
- Is GANJA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GANJA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GANJA worth?
- GANJA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GANJA mean?
- Marijuana, especially the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant smoked as a drug.
- What letters can be added to GANJA?
- GANJA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GANJA:
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