joust

joust is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
2. intransitive verb. A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
3. noun. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances

   Synonyms: tilt

4. verb. joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

Synonyms

tilt

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in joust:

justo

Common word forms

jousts, jousted, jouster, jousting

Words from these letters

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