JORDAN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. JORDAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JORDAN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JORDAN is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JORDAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jordansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JORDAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in JORDAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does JORDAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A pot kept in a bedroom for use as a toilet.
In the lowercase sense jordan belongs to older English, from the days before indoor plumbing. Shakespeare-era plays use it for a humble household vessel, which is why modern readers meet it in footnotes.
How JORDAN is used
Jordan in this meaning is archaic and survives in historical texts.
- The servant carried the jordan down the back stairs.
- A jordan stood under every bed in the inn.
- The museum displays a ceramic jordan from the seventeenth century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JORDAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JORDAN
1 longer words begin with JORDAN.
Shorter words from the letters in JORDAN
Common questions about JORDAN
- Is JORDAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JORDAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JORDAN worth?
- JORDAN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JORDAN mean?
- A pot kept in a bedroom for use as a toilet.
- What letters can be added to JORDAN?
- JORDAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of JORDAN:
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