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JAKS

4 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What JAKS Means

JAKS is a form of JAK, which means:

  1. noun: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JAKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 K5 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In JAKS

7 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.

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing JAKS

JAKS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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