JOURNEYMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. JOURNEYMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOURNEYMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOURNEYMAN is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOURNEYMAN
No single letter turns JOURNEYMAN into another word.
How JOURNEYMAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in JOURNEYMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so JOURNEYMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does JOURNEYMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A skilled worker who has finished an apprenticeship, or a reliable performer who is competent but not outstanding.
In the old guilds a journeyman was paid by the day after training and before becoming a master. In sport and the arts the word describes steady professionals who are never stars.
How JOURNEYMAN is used
Applied to tradespeople and, figuratively, to dependable but unremarkable athletes or actors.
- He worked as a journeyman carpenter for ten years.
- The team signed a journeyman striker to fill the gap.
- A journeyman actor, she rarely had a leading role.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOURNEYMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JOURNEYMAN
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Common questions about JOURNEYMAN
- Is JOURNEYMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOURNEYMAN, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOURNEYMAN worth?
- JOURNEYMAN is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOURNEYMAN mean?
- A skilled worker who has finished an apprenticeship, or a reliable performer who is competent but not outstanding.
- What letters can be added to JOURNEYMAN?
- No single letter can be added to JOURNEYMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of JOURNEYMAN:
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