What JAMBS Means
JAMBS is a form of JAMB, which 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
JAMBS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 M3 B3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In JAMBS
19 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 (9)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing JAMBS
JAMBS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.