What JINXING Means
JINXING 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
JINXING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 I1 N1 X8 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 72 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In JINXING
14 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 (1)
5 letter words (1)
4 letter words (3)
3 letter words (6)
2 letter words (3)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.