SHOJI is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SHOJI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHOJI?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHOJI is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHOJI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shojisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHOJI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SHOJI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SHOJI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional Japanese sliding screen or door made of a light wooden frame covered with translucent paper.
A shoji forms an interior partition or an outer door in a Japanese-style house, sliding along a track rather than swinging on hinges. The wooden lattice gives structure while the paper covering lets soft light pass through without revealing a clear view of what lies beyond. Traditional houses use shoji to divide rooms flexibly, since a whole wall of them can be pushed aside to join two spaces into one.
How SHOJI is used
Used mainly when describing Japanese architecture or interior design, and it keeps its Japanese plural form unchanged.
- The morning sun glowed softly through the paper of the shoji.
- She slid the shoji aside to let air move through the house.
- A torn shoji panel let a narrow strip of daylight into the hallway.
- The tea room was enclosed by four sliding shoji instead of solid walls.
- Guests were asked to remove their shoes before touching the shoji frame.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHOJI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHOJI
1 longer words begin with SHOJI.
Shorter words from the letters in SHOJI
Common questions about SHOJI
- Is SHOJI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHOJI, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHOJI worth?
- SHOJI is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHOJI mean?
- A traditional Japanese sliding screen or door made of a light wooden frame covered with translucent paper.
- What letters can be added to SHOJI?
- SHOJI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SHOJI:
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