RAJ is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RAJ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAJ?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAJ is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAJ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rajaChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RAJ scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RAJ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does RAJ mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
Rule or sovereignty, especially British rule in India.
Raj came into English straight from Hindi, where it means rule or kingdom, and it shares an ancient root with rajah and with the Latin rex. In practice it is nearly always capitalised and definite — the Raj — for the period of British government that ended in 1947, but the plain noun still means rule of any sort.
How RAJ is used
Usually the Raj for the historical period; lower case raj for rule in general. It takes no plural in ordinary use.
- The building went up in the last years of the raj and looks it.
- Her grandfather served in India under the raj and never spoke of it.
- What replaced the raj was not one country but two.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAJ and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RAJ
The 3 tiles of RAJ in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RAJ
11 longer words begin with RAJ.
Words ending in RAJ
2 words end in RAJ. Useful as a back hook: play RAJ onto a word already on the board.
Words with RAJ inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain RAJ somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RAJ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAJ
Common questions about RAJ
- Is RAJ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAJ, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAJ worth?
- RAJ is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAJ mean?
- Rule or sovereignty, especially British rule in India.
- What letters can be added to RAJ?
- RAJ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RAJ:
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