DOJO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DOJO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DOJO?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOJO is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOJO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dojosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOJO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DOJO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,011.
What does DOJO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hall for practising martial arts.
Dojo is Japanese and means a place of the way, and the term was Buddhist long before it was athletic. Etiquette in one is closer to a temple than to a gym, which is why shoes come off at the door.
How DOJO is used
Countable: a dojo, two dojos.
- Shoes come off at the door of a dojo.
- The word dojo means a place of the way.
- A dojo was a Buddhist term before a sporting one.
- Two dojos in the same town teaching different schools.
- Etiquette in a dojo is closer to a temple than a gym.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOJO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DOJO
1 longer words begin with DOJO.
Shorter words from the letters in DOJO
Common questions about DOJO
- Is DOJO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOJO, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOJO worth?
- DOJO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOJO mean?
- A hall for practising martial arts.
- What letters can be added to DOJO?
- DOJO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DOJO:
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