JOTUN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. JOTUN 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JOTUN?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOTUN is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOTUN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JOTUN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JOTUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does JOTUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A giant in Norse mythology, often shown in conflict with the gods.
In Old Norse sagas and Eddic poetry, a jotun belongs to a race of giant beings who live apart from the gods of Asgard and repeatedly clash with them over treasure, wisdom or power. Some retellings single out frost jotuns, tied to ice and winter, while English writers often use jotun loosely for any Norse giant. Modern fantasy fiction, games and comics borrow the word jotun directly from the old myths, sometimes spelling it jotunn to match the original Old Norse form.
How JOTUN is used
Literary and mythological; met in translations of Norse sagas and in fantasy writing that draws on Norse mythology.
- The saga describes a jotun who challenged Thor to a drinking contest.
- A frost jotun guarded the icy hall in the story.
- The game cast the player as a warrior fighting an army of jotun.
- Norse myths often set a clever jotun against a strong but slower god.
- The museum display explained how a jotun differs from an ordinary giant in later folklore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOTUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of JOTUN
The 5 tiles of JOTUN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with JOTUN
3 longer words begin with JOTUN.
Shorter words from the letters in JOTUN
Common questions about JOTUN
- Is JOTUN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JOTUN is not in it.
- How many points is JOTUN worth?
- JOTUN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOTUN mean?
- A giant in Norse mythology, often shown in conflict with the gods.
- What letters can be added to JOTUN?
- JOTUN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JOTUN:
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