JUSTIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. JUSTIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JUSTIFY?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JUSTIFY is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUSTIFY
No single letter turns JUSTIFY into another word.
How JUSTIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in JUSTIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does JUSTIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To show that something is right or reasonable, or to be a good reason for it.
People are asked to justify decisions, expenses and actions, and a result can justify the effort behind it. In printing and word processing the verb has a separate meaning: to adjust lines of text so that they end evenly at the margin.
How JUSTIFY is used
Justify is a general verb for giving reasons, and a technical one in typesetting.
- How can you justify spending so much on a single coat?
- The profits justify the risk we took.
- Select the paragraph and justify the text on both sides.
- She tried to justify her late arrival.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUSTIFY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JUSTIFY
1 longer words begin with JUSTIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in JUSTIFY
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Common questions about JUSTIFY
- Is JUSTIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JUSTIFY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JUSTIFY worth?
- JUSTIFY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUSTIFY mean?
- To show that something is right or reasonable, or to be a good reason for it.
- What letters can be added to JUSTIFY?
- No single letter can be added to JUSTIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of JUSTIFY:
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