JUD is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. JUD 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JUD?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JUD is to know. It scores 11 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JUD scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does JUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A block of coal in a mine that has been undercut and is ready to be brought down from the face.
Miners who worked by hand used a pick to cut a groove beneath the coal seam, freeing a jud that could then be levered or blasted loose. The term comes from British coalfields and appears in mining reports describing the rhythm of a hand-worked shift, one jud at a time.
How JUD is used
Used mainly in older British mining texts rather than modern industry language.
- The hewer spent the morning undercutting a fresh jud along the seam.
- Once the jud was loosened, two men rolled it clear of the face.
- A collapsing jud could bury a miner before he heard the crack.
- The overseer counted how many juds each team brought down by noon.
- Timber props held the roof steady while the jud was cut free.
- Old mining manuals describe cutting a jud as the hardest part of the shift.
- The tram was loaded with coal from the fallen jud.
- A wide jud meant a heavier haul but a slower cut.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUD and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see JUD
- The word jud comes from British coalfields, where a hewer used a pick to undercut the coal seam by hand.
- Older mining reports also spell the same block of coal as judd, with a doubled consonant.
Words starting with JUD
Showing 24 of 70 words that begin with JUD.
Words with JUD inside
Showing 24 of 94 words that contain JUD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with JUD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Common questions about JUD
- Is JUD valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JUD is not in it.
- How many points is JUD worth?
- JUD is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUD mean?
- A block of coal in a mine that has been undercut and is ready to be brought down from the face.
- What letters can be added to JUD?
- JUD takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JUD:
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