JONTY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. JONTY 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 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JONTY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JONTY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JONTY
No single letter turns JONTY into another word.
How JONTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JONTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does JONTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalslangBritish
The master-at-arms on a Royal Navy ship, responsible for discipline among the crew.
A jonty is the sailor in charge of enforcing order aboard a naval vessel, roughly equivalent to a ship's police officer. The term is naval slang rather than an official rank, and old sailors used it with a mix of affection and wariness depending on the officer in question. Crew members who broke the rules would expect to answer to the jonty.
How JONTY is used
Informal naval slang, chiefly historical British usage; rarely heard outside accounts of shipboard life.
- The jonty marched the offender straight to the captain.
- Sailors kept their boots polished to avoid trouble with the jonty.
- An old jonty ran the ship almost as strictly as the captain did.
- The new recruit soon learned to fear the jonty's temper.
- Stories about the jonty's discipline were common in naval memoirs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JONTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JONTY
Common questions about JONTY
- Is JONTY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JONTY is not in it.
- How many points is JONTY worth?
- JONTY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JONTY mean?
- The master-at-arms on a Royal Navy ship, responsible for discipline among the crew.
- What letters can be added to JONTY?
- No single letter can be added to JONTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JONTY:
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