Yes. JOB is a valid word.
JOB is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
JOB is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About JOB
JOB is a piece of work or a position of employment; as a verb, it means to do odd jobs or to work as a middleman, giving JOBBED and JOBBING. Its plural is JOBS. With the J and the 3-point B, JOB is worth 12 before bonuses, and it is a safe word anyone at the table will accept.
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JOB scores 12 points
Before any bonus squares: J 8 + O 1 + B 3 = 12. On a double-word square that's 24, on a triple-word 36, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: JOB as the first play
Later in the game, put the J on a 3L square and JOB is worth 28 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After JOB (1):
- JOBSform of JOB: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from JOB
Other forms of JOB (3):
Words that start with JOB:
- JOBBERsomeone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- JOBBIE
- JOBBERSform of JOBBER: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
- JOBBERYcorruptness among public officials
- JOBBIES
- JOBLESSnot having a job
- JOBNAME
- JOBNAMES
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of JOB and these are still words:
- BOBmove up and down repeatedly
- COBnut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
- FOBa vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
- GOBa man who serves as a sailor
- HOB(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- KOBan orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa
- LOBpropel in a high arc
- MOBa disorderly crowd of people
Same letters, other words
No other word in the list uses exactly the letters J, O and B.
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more
JOB + S
- JOBSform of JOB: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Memory tip
JOB is work. Add an S for JOBS when you have a spare S.
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
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