JEUNE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. JEUNE 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JEUNE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JEUNE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JEUNE
No single letter turns JEUNE into another word.
How JEUNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JEUNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does JEUNE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
An old borrowing from French meaning young, occasionally used in English writing for effect.
Jeune keeps its French spelling and pronunciation almost intact and turns up mainly where a writer wants a slightly foreign or old-fashioned flavour, often paired with a French-derived noun. Because English already has the word young, jeune never became part of everyday speech and survives chiefly inside quoted French phrases carried over into English text. Dictionaries that record jeune gloss it simply as young, treating it as a borrowed adjective rather than a fully naturalised English word.
How JEUNE is used
Rare; found in quoted French phrases or deliberately old-fashioned English rather than ordinary speech.
- The critic praised the jeune actress for her fresh, unaffected style.
- He signed the letter jeune homme, playing on his own youth.
- The phrase jeune fille appeared untranslated in the English translation.
- Reviewers called the singer's stage presence pleasingly jeune.
- The old programme note described the dancer as jeune and promising.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JEUNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in JEUNE
1 words end in JEUNE. Useful as a back hook: play JEUNE onto a word already on the board.
Words with JEUNE inside
3 words contain JEUNE in the middle. Words that start with JEUNE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JEUNE
Common questions about JEUNE
- Is JEUNE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JEUNE is not in it.
- How many points is JEUNE worth?
- JEUNE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JEUNE mean?
- An old borrowing from French meaning young, occasionally used in English writing for effect.
- What letters can be added to JEUNE?
- No single letter can be added to JEUNE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JEUNE:
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