JOSS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. JOSS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOSS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOSS is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOSS
No single letter turns JOSS into another word.
How JOSS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JOSS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does JOSS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Chinese religious image or idol.
Joss came from a Portuguese word for a god, picked up in trading ports and taken for Chinese by English speakers. A joss stick is named from it, and that phrase is far commoner than the word standing alone.
How JOSS is used
Countable: a joss, two josses.
- A joss stick is named after the image and not the scent.
- The word joss came from Portuguese and not Chinese.
- A joss house is a temple in older English writing.
- Two josses on the same shelf in a trading post.
- Traders took joss for a Chinese word and it was not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOSS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOSS
3 longer words begin with JOSS.
Shorter words from the letters in JOSS
Common questions about JOSS
- Is JOSS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOSS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOSS worth?
- JOSS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOSS mean?
- A Chinese religious image or idol.
- What letters can be added to JOSS?
- No single letter can be added to JOSS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JOSS:
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