JURIST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. JURIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JURIST?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JURIST is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JURIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
juristsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JURIST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in JURIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does JURIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A person with expert knowledge of law, such as a judge, a lawyer or a legal scholar.
A jurist is valued for deep understanding of how law works rather than for any single office, so the word can cover a senior judge, a professor of law or an author of influential legal books. It is a more formal and weighty term than lawyer, and it often appears in discussions of constitutions, international law and the history of legal ideas. It comes from Latin ius, meaning law.
How JURIST is used
Formal; usually praises learning and authority in law.
- The jurist wrote a famous commentary on the constitution.
- A respected jurist chaired the commission.
- No other jurist of her day was quoted as often in the courts.
- She trained as a jurist before turning to politics.
- The university honoured the retired jurist with a medal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JURIST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JURIST
4 longer words begin with JURIST.
Shorter words from the letters in JURIST
Common questions about JURIST
- Is JURIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JURIST, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JURIST worth?
- JURIST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JURIST mean?
- A person with expert knowledge of law, such as a judge, a lawyer or a legal scholar.
- What letters can be added to JURIST?
- JURIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of JURIST:
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