JOUNCE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. JOUNCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOUNCE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOUNCE is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOUNCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JOUNCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in JOUNCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does JOUNCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To bump, bounce or shake roughly up and down.
Passengers jounce along a rough track in a car with poor springs. As a noun, a jounce is the jolt itself, and engineers use the term for the upward motion of a wheel.
How JOUNCE is used
Used for rough, bumpy movement, mostly in vehicles.
- The wagon began to jounce on the rutted road.
- We had to jounce along the track for an hour.
- The bus would jounce over every pothole.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOUNCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOUNCE
2 longer words begin with JOUNCE.
Shorter words from the letters in JOUNCE
Common questions about JOUNCE
- Is JOUNCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOUNCE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOUNCE worth?
- JOUNCE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOUNCE mean?
- To bump, bounce or shake roughly up and down.
- What letters can be added to JOUNCE?
- JOUNCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of JOUNCE:
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