What JIBES Means
JIBES is a form of JIB, which means:
- verb: refuse to comply
- verb: shift from one side of the ship to the other“The sail jibbed wildly”
- noun: any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
JIBES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 I1 B3 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In JIBES
13 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 (3)
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (5)
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