What JERK Means
- noun: a dull stupid fatuous person
- noun: an abrupt spasmodic movement
- verb: pull, or move with a sudden movement“He turned the handle and jerked the door open”
- verb: move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions“The patient's legs were jerking”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
JERK 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 E1 R1 K5.
Words Made From The Letters In JERK
3 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 (1)
2 letter words (2)
Longer Words Containing JERK
JERK appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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