What JACKS Means
- noun: a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
JACKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 C3 K5 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In JACKS
12 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (4)
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing JACKS
JACKS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AMBERJACKSAPPLEJACKSBLACKJACKSBLUEJACKSBOOTJACKSCARJACKSCHEAPJACKSCROSSJACKSFLAPJACKSHIGHJACKSHIJACKSJACKSCREWJACKSCREWSJACKSHAFTJACKSHAFTSJACKSIEJACKSIESJACKSMELTJACKSMELTSJACKSMITHJACKSMITHSJACKSNIPEJACKSNIPESJACKSTAYJACKSTAYSJACKSTONEJACKSTONESJACKSTRAWJACKSTRAWSJACKSYLANCEJACKSMANJACKSSKIPJACKSSKYJACKSSLAPJACKSSMOKEJACKSWHIPJACKS
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