What JURISTS Means
JURISTS is a form of JURIST, which means:
- noun: a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
- noun: a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
JURISTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 U1 R1 I1 S1 T1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In JURISTS
45 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (7)
4 letter words (13)
3 letter words (15)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.