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JOLT

4 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What JOLT Means

  1. noun: a sudden jarring impact“the door closed with a jolt”
  2. noun: an abrupt spasmodic movement
  3. verb: move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
  4. verb: disturb (someone's) composure“The audience was jolted by the play”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JOLT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 O1 L1 T1.

Words Made From The Letters In JOLT

6 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (3)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing JOLT

JOLT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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