JIAO is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. JIAO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JIAO?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JIAO is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JIAO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jiaosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JIAO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JIAO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about JIAO
- JIAO runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JIAO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A monetary unit of China worth a tenth of a yuan.
The jiao is called mao in speech, which is a nickname rather than a second unit. Prices are printed in one word and spoken in the other, which reliably confuses visitors in their first week.
How JIAO is used
Countable; the plural is usually also jiao.
- Ten jiao make one yuan.
- The word jiao is printed and another word is spoken.
- A jiao buys almost nothing on its own.
- Two jiao in change and a puzzled visitor.
- The spoken nickname for jiao is not a separate unit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JIAO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JIAO
1 longer words begin with JIAO.
Shorter words from the letters in JIAO
Common questions about JIAO
- Is JIAO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JIAO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JIAO worth?
- JIAO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JIAO mean?
- A monetary unit of China worth a tenth of a yuan.
- What letters can be added to JIAO?
- JIAO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JIAO:
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