JUNTO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. JUNTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JUNTO?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JUNTO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUNTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
juntosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JUNTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JUNTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does JUNTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A small group of people joined together for a common purpose, especially a political faction or clique.
A junto is smaller and more informal than a junta, describing a private circle that meets to pursue shared political or intellectual aims rather than a body that has seized state power. The best-known example is Benjamin Franklin's Junto, a discussion club he founded in Philadelphia in 1727 to debate ideas and civic projects among tradesmen. Historians also use junto for factions within seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English politics who worked together behind the scenes to influence policy.
How JUNTO is used
Historical and literary; met mainly in accounts of early modern English or colonial American political and intellectual life.
- Franklin's junto met weekly to discuss books and civic improvements.
- A small junto within the party controlled most of its decisions.
- The historian traced the influence of the junto on parliamentary debates.
- Members of the junto rarely spoke publicly about their private meetings.
- The pamphlet accused the junto of plotting behind the minister's back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUNTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of JUNTO
The 5 tiles of JUNTO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with JUNTO
1 longer words begin with JUNTO.
Words ending in JUNTO
1 words end in JUNTO. Useful as a back hook: play JUNTO onto a word already on the board.
Words with JUNTO inside
1 words contain JUNTO in the middle. Words that start with JUNTO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JUNTO
Common questions about JUNTO
- Is JUNTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JUNTO, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JUNTO worth?
- JUNTO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUNTO mean?
- A small group of people joined together for a common purpose, especially a political faction or clique.
- What letters can be added to JUNTO?
- JUNTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JUNTO:
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