JAUNCE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. JAUNCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JAUNCE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JAUNCE is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JAUNCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JAUNCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in JAUNCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does JAUNCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To make a horse prance, or to prance or ride hard.
Old writers used jaunce for a spirited horse tossing its head and stepping high. It is close in sound and sense to jounce, and now almost never appears outside dictionaries.
How JAUNCE is used
Found only in very old writing about horses and riding.
- The rider let his horse jaunce along the lane.
- The colt began to jaunce when the trumpet sounded.
- They watched the grey mare jaunce past the gate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JAUNCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JAUNCE
2 longer words begin with JAUNCE.
Shorter words from the letters in JAUNCE
Common questions about JAUNCE
- Is JAUNCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JAUNCE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JAUNCE worth?
- JAUNCE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JAUNCE mean?
- To make a horse prance, or to prance or ride hard.
- What letters can be added to JAUNCE?
- JAUNCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of JAUNCE:
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