OUIJA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. OUIJA 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept OUIJA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUIJA is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUIJA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ouijasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUIJA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OUIJA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about OUIJA
- OUIJA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OUIJA mean in Scrabble?
noun
trademark
A flat board printed with letters and numbers, used with a small pointer to spell out supposed messages from spirits.
Ouija began as a trademarked game board but the name has become the ordinary word for this kind of device regardless of who made it, much as some brand names outlive their original owners. Users rest their fingers on a small pointer that is said to move on its own and spell out answers.
How OUIJA is used
General English, often lower case, for the board itself or for sessions using it.
- They pulled out a ouija at the sleepover to scare each other.
- The pointer on the ouija drifted toward the letter y.
- Skeptics explain ouija movement as unconscious muscle motion.
- A dusty ouija sat in the attic among old board games.
- The film opens with a group gathered around a ouija.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUIJA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUIJA
1 longer words begin with OUIJA.
Shorter words from the letters in OUIJA
Common questions about OUIJA
- Is OUIJA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and OUIJA is not in it.
- How many points is OUIJA worth?
- OUIJA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUIJA mean?
- A flat board printed with letters and numbers, used with a small pointer to spell out supposed messages from spirits.
- What letters can be added to OUIJA?
- OUIJA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OUIJA:
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