WILJA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. WILJA 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 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept WILJA?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WILJA is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WILJA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wiljasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WILJA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WILJA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does WILJA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
A simple shelter or hut built by Aboriginal Australians, traditionally made from branches, bark or grass.
A wilja served as temporary shelter for people moving across country in search of food and water, and its construction reflected the materials available at each camp. The word comes from an Aboriginal Australian language and is also spelled wiltja in some sources. It is used today mainly in descriptions of traditional life and museum displays rather than in ordinary conversation.
How WILJA is used
Used mainly in ethnographic and historical description of traditional Aboriginal Australian life.
- The family built a wilja from branches before nightfall.
- Photographs in the museum show a traditional wilja among the dunes.
- Each wilja was rebuilt whenever the group moved camp.
- The guide explained how bark was layered to make a wilja waterproof.
- Children in the display village learned to construct a small wilja.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WILJA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WILJA
1 longer words begin with WILJA.
Shorter words from the letters in WILJA
Common questions about WILJA
- Is WILJA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WILJA is not in it.
- How many points is WILJA worth?
- WILJA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WILJA mean?
- A simple shelter or hut built by Aboriginal Australians, traditionally made from branches, bark or grass.
- What letters can be added to WILJA?
- WILJA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WILJA:
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