What JINXES Means
JINXES is a form of JINX, which means:
- noun: a person believed to bring bad luck to those around them
- noun: an evil spell“a witch put a curse on his whole family”
- verb: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
- verb: foredoom to failure“This project is jinxed!”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
JINXES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 I1 N1 X8 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In JINXES
26 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.
5 letter words (1)
4 letter words (6)
3 letter words (11)
2 letter words (8)
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