JOHN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. JOHN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOHN?
| 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 JOHN is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOHN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
johnsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JOHN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JOHN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does JOHN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A lavatory, in informal American speech.
John for a lavatory is American and probably from Jack, an older name for the same fixture. English attaches ordinary first names to objects constantly, and this is one of the less dignified results of the habit.
How JOHN is used
Countable. Informal and American.
- The john is at the end of the corridor.
- The word john for a lavatory is American.
- An older name for the same thing was jack, not john.
- Two johns for a building of two hundred people.
- Nobody in Britain says john in that sense.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOHN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOHN
12 longer words begin with JOHN.
Words ending in JOHN
1 words end in JOHN. Useful as a back hook: play JOHN onto a word already on the board.
Words with JOHN inside
1 words contain JOHN in the middle. Words that start with JOHN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JOHN
Common questions about JOHN
- Is JOHN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOHN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOHN worth?
- JOHN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOHN mean?
- A lavatory, in informal American speech.
- What letters can be added to JOHN?
- JOHN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JOHN:
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