JONG is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. JONG is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JONG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JONG is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JONG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jongsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JONG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JONG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does JONG mean in Scrabble?
noun
South Africaninformal
A boy or young man, especially used informally to address or refer to a male friend.
In South African English, jong comes from the Afrikaans word for boy. It is used both to name a young male and, more commonly, as a casual way of addressing a man, similar to calling someone mate or buddy in other varieties of English.
How JONG is used
Informal, mainly South African and Namibian English.
- Come on, jong, we are going to be late.
- The old jong down the road fixes bicycles for the whole street.
- She laughed and told the jong to sit down and eat.
- Every jong on the team showed up early for practice.
- He greeted his cousin with a friendly "howzit, jong".
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JONG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JONG
3 longer words begin with JONG.
Words ending in JONG
5 words end in JONG. Useful as a back hook: play JONG onto a word already on the board.
Words with JONG inside
7 words contain JONG in the middle. Words that start with JONG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JONG
Common questions about JONG
- Is JONG valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JONG is not in it.
- How many points is JONG worth?
- JONG is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JONG mean?
- A boy or young man, especially used informally to address or refer to a male friend.
- What letters can be added to JONG?
- JONG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JONG:
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