JOE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. JOE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOE is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JOE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does JOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
Coffee, in American speech.
A cup of joe is diner language, and it travelled with soldiers and lorry drivers; several origins are claimed and none is proved, which is normal for a word that lived in speech for decades before anybody wrote it down. The same three letters also stand for an ordinary man, and that sense is older than the drink.
How JOE is used
Uncountable for the drink: a cup of joe. Countable for a person — an average joe.
- He poured a cup of joe and sat down heavily.
- The diner sells joe by the gallon and pie by the slice.
- Bad joe is still better than no joe at six in the morning.
- An average joe would not have noticed the difference.
- The word joe in a film script places it before about 1970.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOE
3 longer words begin with JOE.
Words ending in JOE
1 words end in JOE. Useful as a back hook: play JOE onto a word already on the board.
Words with JOE inside
2 words contain JOE in the middle. Words that start with JOE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JOE
Common questions about JOE
- Is JOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOE worth?
- JOE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOE mean?
- Coffee, in American speech.
- What letters can be added to JOE?
- JOE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JOE:
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