JA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. JA 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 9 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept JA?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 73 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JA is to know. It scores 9 from 2 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How JA scores
Face value of the 2 tiles in JA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 550.
What stands out about JA
- Only 3 words of 2 letters carry a J, and JA is one of them.
- At 9 points, JA is among the ten highest-scoring 2-letter words we list.
- JA is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JA mean in Scrabble?
interjection
Yes. Common in South African English and in Afrikaans.
How JA is used
- Ja, that is the road you want.
- Ja, we can be there by six.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JA and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JA
Showing 24 of 745 words that begin with JA.
Words ending in JA
Showing 24 of 26 words that end in JA. Useful as a back hook: play JA onto a word already on the board.
Words with JA inside
Showing 24 of 379 words that contain JA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with JA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about JA
- Is JA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JA worth?
- JA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JA mean?
- Yes. Common in South African English and in Afrikaans.
- What letters can be added to JA?
- JA takes 9 hooks: 0 in front and 9 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 2 letters of JA:
Open JA in the Word Finder