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JIB

3 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What JIB Means

  1. verb: refuse to comply
  2. verb: shift from one side of the ship to the other“The sail jibbed wildly”
  3. noun: any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JIB is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 I1 B3.

Words Made From The Letters In JIB

1 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.

2 letter words (1)

Longer Words Containing JIB

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

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