JUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. JUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JUS?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JUS is to know. It scores 10 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How JUS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does JUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The thin natural juice of roasted meat, served as a sauce.
Jus is French for juice and it arrived in English kitchens with a specific promise: nothing thickened and nothing added, only what came out of the pan. The phrase au jus on an American menu means served with it, and is often printed as though the word were the name of a gravy.
How JUS is used
Uncountable: served with a jus. Also in the phrase au jus.
- The jus was thin on purpose and the kitchen said so.
- A jus that has been thickened is no longer a jus.
- The menu offers it au jus and charges extra.
- He poured the jus over the potatoes rather than the meat.
- Good jus takes an hour of roasting and no work at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JUS
Showing 24 of 50 words that begin with JUS.
Words ending in JUS
8 words end in JUS. Useful as a back hook: play JUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with JUS inside
Showing 24 of 67 words that contain JUS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with JUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JUS
Common questions about JUS
- Is JUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JUS worth?
- JUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUS mean?
- The thin natural juice of roasted meat, served as a sauce.
- What letters can be added to JUS?
- JUS takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JUS:
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