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Joyride

Q: What does joyride mean?

As a noun, joyride means “a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.

j ₈o ₁y ₄r ₁i ₁d ₂e ₁

About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 7 letters · Less common

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does joyride mean?

noun

a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure
“they took their girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars”

verb

ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
“We tooled down the street”
Synonymstooltool around

Is JOYRIDE a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is JOYRIDE worth?

Scrabble

18 pts

j ₈o ₁y ₄r ₁i ₁d ₂e ₁

Words With Friends

19 pts

j ₁₀o ₁y ₃r ₁i ₁d ₂e ₁

Wordfeud

20 pts

j ₁₀o ₁y ₄r ₁i ₁d ₂e ₁

NYT Crossplay

20 pts

j ₁₀o ₁y ₄r ₁i ₁d ₂e ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in JOYRIDE

Best shorter words top 30 of 65

joyed 16 joey 14 jerid 13 joy 13 jedi 12 jird 12 roji 11 joe 10 jor 10 jo 9 dory 8 drey 8 dyer 8 yerd 8 yird 8 yode 8 dey 7 doy 7 dry 7 dye 7 oyer 7 yid 7 yod 7 yore 7 oye 6 rye 6 dero 5 dire 5 doer 5 dore 5

See all 65 words made from JOYRIDE

Hooks for JOYRIDE

Add one letter to the front or back of JOYRIDE to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

joyrider joyrides

Words that end like JOYRIDE

Common words that share the ending -IDE, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -IDE

Joyride: quick answers

Is JOYRIDE a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. JOYRIDE is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 18 points before board bonuses.

How many points is JOYRIDE worth?

JOYRIDE scores 18 points in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends, 20 in Wordfeud and 20 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does joyride mean?

As a noun, joyride means “a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in JOYRIDE?

You can make 65 shorter words from JOYRIDE, such as JOYED, JOEY, JERID, JOY. See the full list.