JOY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. JOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOY?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOY is to know. It scores 13 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
joysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JOY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What stands out about JOY
- JOY scores 13 points, more than twice the average for a 3-letter word (6.3).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
Joy is the strongest of the ordinary words for the feeling and the least used in speech: people say pleased or delighted, and keep this one for writing, for ceremony and for things that matter. British English also uses it plainly for success in the negative — no joy at the third shop — and that has nothing to do with happiness at all.
How JOY is used
Uncountable in the main sense. Countable in the joys of something.
- The news was met with real joy and a certain amount of noise.
- No joy at the third shop either.
- The joys of a small garden are mostly other people's.
- Joy is a word people write and rarely say.
- There was no joy in the result for anybody.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOY
Showing 24 of 37 words that begin with JOY.
Words ending in JOY
5 words end in JOY. Useful as a back hook: play JOY onto a word already on the board.
Words with JOY inside
Showing 24 of 25 words that contain JOY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with JOY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JOY
Common questions about JOY
- Is JOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOY worth?
- JOY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOY mean?
- A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
- What letters can be added to JOY?
- JOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JOY:
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