HAJJAH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 26 points

It depends on the list you play by. HAJJAH 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 26 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.

Which word lists accept HAJJAH?

Word power: 48 / 100

Our own measure of how useful HAJJAH is to know. It scores 26 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for HAJJAH

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How HAJJAH scores

Face value of the 6 tiles in HAJJAH, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. HAJJAH needs 1 blank tile.

What stands out about HAJJAH

• Two Js in one word: HAJJAH doubles the highest-value tile in the bag.
• HAJJAH is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
• HAJJAH begins and ends with the same letter.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

Words starting with HAJJAH

1 longer words begin with HAJJAH.

Shorter words from the letters in HAJJAH

Common questions about HAJJAH

Is HAJJAH valid in Words with Friends?

No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HAJJAH is not in it.

How many points is HAJJAH worth?

HAJJAH is worth 26 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to HAJJAH?

HAJJAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.