JANTY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. JANTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JANTY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JANTY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JANTY
No single letter turns JANTY into another word.
How JANTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JANTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does JANTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
An old spelling of jaunty, meaning lively, self-assured, and cheerful in manner.
Janty is an older form of the now-standard spelling jaunty, describing a brisk, confident, and cheerful way of moving or behaving. It turns up in older texts before the spelling settled into its modern form. Today writers use jaunty instead, so janty is encountered mainly in historical printing or word-game lists.
How JANTY is used
Archaic spelling; modern writing uses jaunty in its place.
- The old text described his janty stride down the lane.
- She walked with a janty air that suggested pure confidence.
- The author used janty where a modern writer would write jaunty.
- His janty manner charmed everyone at the gathering.
- The reprint kept the archaic spelling janty from the original.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JANTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JANTY
Common questions about JANTY
- Is JANTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JANTY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JANTY worth?
- JANTY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JANTY mean?
- An old spelling of jaunty, meaning lively, self-assured, and cheerful in manner.
- What letters can be added to JANTY?
- No single letter can be added to JANTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JANTY:
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