JOR is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. JOR 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JOR?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOR is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JOR scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does JOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
The second section of a performance of a raga in Indian classical music, marked by a steady pulse without percussion.
A jor grows out of the free-rhythm opening called the alap once the musician introduces a regular beat, still playing without tabla or other percussion accompaniment. It can gather speed until it leads into the jhala, the fast rhythmic climax that often closes the piece.
How JOR is used
Used in descriptions and reviews of Indian classical music performance.
- The sitarist eased from the alap into a slow jor.
- You could feel the pulse settle once the jor began.
- The recording captures nearly ten minutes of jor before the tabla enters.
- Her teacher insisted the jor stay steady before any acceleration.
- The jor built gradually until it dissolved into the jhala.
- Without percussion, the jor relies on the soloist's own sense of rhythm.
- He practiced the jor daily to strengthen his timing.
- The concert programme listed alap, jor, and jhala as separate movements.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOR and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see JOR
- A jor follows the free-rhythm alap and introduces a steady pulse before any percussion instrument joins in.
- The jor section can accelerate into the jhala, the fast rhythmic climax that typically ends a raga performance.
Words starting with JOR
10 longer words begin with JOR.
Words ending in JOR
3 words end in JOR. Useful as a back hook: play JOR onto a word already on the board.
Words with JOR inside
Showing 24 of 47 words that contain JOR somewhere in the middle. Words that start with JOR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JOR
Common questions about JOR
- Is JOR valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JOR is not in it.
- How many points is JOR worth?
- JOR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOR mean?
- The second section of a performance of a raga in Indian classical music, marked by a steady pulse without percussion.
- What letters can be added to JOR?
- JOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JOR:
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