What does JOB mean?

Pronunciation
/dʒɑb/
Letters
3
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends score
15
How common
Very common

Meaning

noun

  1. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money“he's not in my line of business”
  2. a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee“estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars”
  3. a workplace; as in the expression“on the job”
  4. an object worked on; a result produced by working“he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right”
  5. the responsibility to do something“it is their job to print the truth”
  6. the performance of a piece of work“she did an outstanding job as Ophelia”
  7. a damaging piece of work“dry rot did the job of destroying the barn”
  8. a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved“she and her husband are having problems”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

jobs13jobbed18jobbing19

Anagrams of JOB

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside JOB

2 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

bo4jo9

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Questions

Is JOB a valid word in word games?

JOB is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is JOB worth?

JOB is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 15 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from JOB?

2 other words, including JO and BO.