ganja
Plural: ganjas
Noun
- Cannabis used for smoking, often for recreational or medicinal purposes.
- a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
- the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
- Marijuana, as used for smoking.
Examples
- Playing GANJA might raise eyebrows, but it’s a valid Scrabble word.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”). First use appears c. 1800.
Synonyms
cannabis, Cannabis sativa, marihuana, marijuana, MJ, Mary Jane, Mary Joanna, Texas tea, benj, bhang, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce, djamba, doobage, dope, endo, gage, ganj, ganja, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, marihoochie, method, mezz, muggle, mull, pot, puff, reefer, sensimilla, sensimillia, shit, sweetleaf, tea, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie, zaza, zombie
Scrabble Score: 13
ganja: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordganja: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ganja: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary