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JIGGERS

7 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What JIGGERS Means

JIGGERS is a form of JIGGER, which means:

  1. noun: a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
  2. noun: any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JIGGERS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 I1 G2 G2 E1 R1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In JIGGERS

49 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.

6 letter words (2)

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (18)

3 letter words (19)

2 letter words (6)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.