GJU is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. GJU 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GJU?
| 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 GJU is to know. It scores 11 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GJU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gjusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GJU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in GJU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,475.
What does GJU mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalmusic
An old two-stringed bowed instrument once played in Shetland, its spelling kept closer to the Old Norse gigja that gave the instrument its name.
The gju was made from a hollowed piece of wood with two strings played with a bow, and it was used in Shetland before being largely displaced by the standard fiddle. The spelling gju sits nearer the Old Norse root than the shorter, anglicized gue.
How GJU is used
Historical; encountered mainly in accounts of Shetland folk music.
- A carved gju from the islands sits in the folk museum.
- Musicians once accompanied dances with a gju rather than a fiddle.
- The gju had only two strings, unlike the modern fiddle.
- He learned to draw a tune from an old gju passed down in his family.
- Recordings of the gju are rare because so few instruments survive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GJU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GJU
The 3 tiles of GJU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GJU
1 longer words begin with GJU.
Words with GJU inside
6 words contain GJU in the middle. Words that start with GJU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GJU
Common questions about GJU
- Is GJU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GJU is not in it.
- How many points is GJU worth?
- GJU is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GJU mean?
- An old two-stringed bowed instrument once played in Shetland, its spelling kept closer to the Old Norse gigja that gave the instrument its name.
- What letters can be added to GJU?
- GJU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of GJU:
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