VATJE is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. VATJE is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 18 points there.
Which word lists accept VATJE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VATJE is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VATJE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vatjesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VATJE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VATJE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does VATJE mean in Scrabble?
noun
South Africanrare
A small cask or barrel used for carrying water or wine.
Vatje comes directly from Afrikaans, where the diminutive suffix "-je" is added to vat, and English borrowed the word wholesale rather than translating it. Museum collections and travel writing about the old Cape Colony are about the only places an English reader now meets the term. Because the object it names was carried by hand rather than rolled, it belongs to a different family of containers than the modern beer keg.
How VATJE is used
Very rare outside specialist or historical South African contexts, and unfamiliar to most English speakers.
- The traveller filled a vatje with water before crossing the veld.
- A small vatje of wine hung from the wagon.
- The old vatje was carved from a single piece of wood.
- She carried the vatje on her shoulder for the whole journey.
- Museum records describe the vatje as a household item for storing drink.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VATJE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VATJE
1 longer words begin with VATJE.
Shorter words from the letters in VATJE
Common questions about VATJE
- Is VATJE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VATJE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VATJE worth?
- VATJE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VATJE mean?
- A small cask or barrel used for carrying water or wine.
- What letters can be added to VATJE?
- VATJE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VATJE:
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