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Is jot a Scrabble word?

Yes, jot is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of jot?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (by extension, chiefly in the negative) A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.Examples: "He didn’t care a jot for his work."; "Sir, the People muſt haue their Voiyes, / Neyther vvill they bate / One iot of Ceremonie."; "After this I ſpent a great deal of Time and Pains to make me an Umbrella; I vvas indeed in great vvant of one, and had a great mind to make one; I had ſeen them made in the Braſils, vvhere they are very uſeful in the great Heats vvhich are there: And I felt the Heats every jot as great here, and greater too, being nearer the Equinox; […]"Synonyms: ace, tinge, atom, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpsebroadly

2. (by extension, chiefly in the negative) A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.Examples: "So vveake my povvres, ſo ſore my vvounds appeare, / that vvonder is hovv I ſhould liue a iot, / ſeeing my hart through launched euery vvhere / vvith thouſand arrovves, vvhich your eies haue ſhot: […]"; "No faith, Ile not ſtay a iot longer: […]"; "Making my Death familiar to my Tongue / Digs not my Grave one Jot before the Date."Synonyms: ace, tinge, atom, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpsebroadlyobsolete

verb (English)

1. (transitive) Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something).Examples: "Tell me your order so I can jot it down."; "He mentions as certain the falsehood of a number of the assertions concerning his usage, the unhealthy state of the island, and so forth. I have jotted down his evidence elsewhere."transitive

verb (English)

1. (transitive, obsolete except British, dialectal) To jerk or jolt (something); to jog.Examples: "Nowe is iuſte iuſtice, ſo iotted out of iointe, / That ye here vniuſtely, ſtande at deniall, / To do me iuſtice, and wolde by power ryall: / Directe mine acquitall or condemnacion, / Euen as wyll in both: weith your acceptacion."Synonyms: bumpdialectaltransitive

noun (English)

1. (obsolete, rare) A jerk, a jolt.Examples: "[F]requent jot / Of his hard ſetting jade did ſo confound / The vvords that he by papyr-ſtealth had got, / That their loſt ſenſe the youngſter could not ſound, / Though he vvith mimical attention did abound."; "[…] I ſay it is no uneven jot, to paſſe from the more faint and obſcure examples of Spermaticall life, to the more conſiderable effects of generall Motion in Mineralls, Metalls & ſundry Meteors, […]"Synonyms: bumpobsoleterare

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "jot"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "jot"?

Scrabble
10 points
J8
O1
T1
Words With Friends
12 points
J10
O1
T1

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