JOIN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. JOIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOIN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOIN is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JOIN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JOIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does JOIN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To link or connect things together.
Join came from a Latin verb that also produced junction, junta and yoke, each by a different route into English. The noun, meaning the place where two things meet, is a great deal younger than the verb.
How JOIN is used
Joined, joining. Also a noun.
- They joined the queue at the wrong end.
- The word join gave English junction and junta.
- A join in the carpet that shows in one light only.
- Joining two pipes of different sizes needs a fitting.
- The noun join is younger than the verb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOIN
Showing 24 of 37 words that begin with JOIN.
Words ending in JOIN
10 words end in JOIN. Useful as a back hook: play JOIN onto a word already on the board.
Words with JOIN inside
Showing 24 of 77 words that contain JOIN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with JOIN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JOIN
Common questions about JOIN
- Is JOIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOIN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOIN worth?
- JOIN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOIN mean?
- To link or connect things together.
- What letters can be added to JOIN?
- JOIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JOIN:
Open JOIN in the Word Finder