j 8 o 1 u 1 s 1 t 1
5 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
verb joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
originFrom Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0