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JOYS

4 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What JOYS Means

JOYS is a form of JOY, which means:

  1. noun: the emotion of great happiness
  2. noun: something or someone that provides a source of happiness“a joy to behold”
  3. verb: feel happiness or joy
  4. verb: make glad or happy

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JOYS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 O1 Y4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In JOYS

8 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 (5)

Longer Words Containing JOYS

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

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