What JAMB Means
- noun: upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
JAMB is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 M3 B3.
Words Made From The Letters In JAMB
8 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 (3)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing JAMB
JAMB appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
DOORJAMBDOORJAMBSENJAMBENJAMBEDENJAMBINGENJAMBMENTENJAMBSJAMBALAYAJAMBALAYASJAMBARTJAMBARTSJAMBEJAMBEAUJAMBEAUXJAMBEDJAMBEEJAMBEESJAMBERJAMBERSJAMBESJAMBEUXJAMBIERJAMBIERSJAMBINGJAMBIYAJAMBIYAHJAMBIYAHSJAMBIYASJAMBOJAMBOKJAMBOKKEDJAMBOKKINGJAMBOKSJAMBOLANJAMBOLANAJAMBOLANASJAMBOLANSJAMBONEJAMBONESJAMBOOL
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