HODJA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. HODJA 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 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HODJA?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HODJA is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HODJA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HODJA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HODJA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does HODJA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A Muslim teacher or religious scholar, used as a title of respect in Turkish, Persian and Central Asian tradition.
A hodja is a learned man, often a teacher, judge or mosque official, addressed with this title out of respect for his knowledge. The word passed into English mainly through stories about the legendary trickster-sage Hodja Nasreddin. It reflects an older Ottoman and Central Asian social structure in which religious learning carried formal titles.
How HODJA is used
Encountered chiefly in folk tales and historical accounts of Ottoman and Central Asian society.
- The village hodja settled the dispute after hearing both sides.
- Stories about a clever hodja are still told to children across the region.
- The hodja taught the boys their letters at the mosque school.
- Locals still address the old teacher as hodja out of habit.
- The hodja advised the sultan on matters of religious law.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HODJA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HODJA
1 longer words begin with HODJA.
Words ending in HODJA
1 words end in HODJA. Useful as a back hook: play HODJA onto a word already on the board.
Words with HODJA inside
1 words contain HODJA in the middle. Words that start with HODJA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HODJA
Common questions about HODJA
- Is HODJA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HODJA is not in it.
- How many points is HODJA worth?
- HODJA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HODJA mean?
- A Muslim teacher or religious scholar, used as a title of respect in Turkish, Persian and Central Asian tradition.
- What letters can be added to HODJA?
- HODJA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HODJA:
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