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JIGS

4 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What JIGS Means

JIGS is a form of JIG, which means:

  1. noun: music in three-four time for dancing a jig
  2. noun: a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
  3. verb: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JIGS 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 G2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In JIGS

5 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 (2)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing JIGS

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

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