JORTS is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. JORTS is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 14 points there.
Which word lists accept JORTS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JORTS is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JORTS
No single letter turns JORTS into another word.
How JORTS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JORTS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does JORTS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Denim shorts, especially ones cut down from jeans.
Jorts pushes two words together, and it carries a judgement the plain description does not: calling something jorts is nearly always a joke, and usually at the expense of whoever is wearing them. The word arrived in the 2000s, went round the internet twice, and settled as the standard name for a garment that had none before.
How JORTS is used
Plural only, like the trousers they come from: a pair of jorts.
- He turned up in jorts and regretted it by lunchtime.
- A pair of jorts made from old jeans lasts for years.
- Jorts came back into fashion twice in one decade.
- Nobody calls them jorts to their own face.
- The photograph is dated by the jorts alone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JORTS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JORTS
Common questions about JORTS
- Is JORTS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JORTS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JORTS worth?
- JORTS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JORTS mean?
- Denim shorts, especially ones cut down from jeans.
- What letters can be added to JORTS?
- No single letter can be added to JORTS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JORTS:
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