JOLTY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. JOLTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOLTY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOLTY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOLTY
No single letter turns JOLTY into another word.
How JOLTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JOLTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does JOLTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Marked by jolts and sudden, uneven movements, especially during travel.
A jolty ride bounces and jerks passengers about instead of moving smoothly, often because of a rough road or a poor suspension. The word is a rare variant of the more common jolting and appears mostly in older or informal writing. Something described as jolty is uncomfortable precisely because its motion keeps changing without warning.
How JOLTY is used
Rare in modern use; jolting is now the more usual word for the same idea.
- The old cart gave a jolty ride over the cobblestones.
- Her handwriting looked jolty, as if written on a moving train.
- The jolty bus ride left everyone slightly seasick.
- He complained about the jolty motion of the elevator.
- A jolty flight made it hard to read.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOLTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JOLTY
Common questions about JOLTY
- Is JOLTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOLTY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOLTY worth?
- JOLTY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOLTY mean?
- Marked by jolts and sudden, uneven movements, especially during travel.
- What letters can be added to JOLTY?
- No single letter can be added to JOLTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JOLTY:
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