JOUST is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. JOUST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOUST?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOUST is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOUST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
joustsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JOUST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JOUST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does JOUST mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A formal combat between two mounted knights armed with lances, fought as a contest of skill during a medieval tournament.
A joust pitted two riders against each other along a barrier, each carrying a long lance and aiming to unhorse the opponent or shatter the lance cleanly on impact. Tournaments organised around the joust were major social events for medieval nobility, combining training for war with public spectacle and prizes. The word can also work as a verb, so that knights are said to joust rather than merely to fight, and it survives today mostly in historical re-enactment and in figurative talk of a spirited verbal contest.
How JOUST is used
Historical when it names the medieval sport; used more loosely and figuratively of any head-to-head contest between two rivals.
- The knight prepared his lance for the afternoon joust.
- Crowds gathered at the tournament to watch the joust between the two champions.
- He lost the joust when his lance splintered against the shield.
- The festival re-created a medieval joust with actors on horseback.
- Their exchange in the debate read like a verbal joust rather than a discussion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOUST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOUST
6 longer words begin with JOUST.
Shorter words from the letters in JOUST
Common questions about JOUST
- Is JOUST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOUST, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOUST worth?
- JOUST is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOUST mean?
- A formal combat between two mounted knights armed with lances, fought as a contest of skill during a medieval tournament.
- What letters can be added to JOUST?
- JOUST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JOUST:
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