Jackstraws is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for JACKSTRAWS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• JACKSTRAW, an effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence
• a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
• a game in which a set of straws or thin strips is let fall in a heap with each player in turn trying to remove one at a time without disturbing the others.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• plural but sing in constr; a game in which a set of straws or thin strips is let fall in a heap with each player in turn trying to remove one at a time without disturbing the rest

Words related to JACKSTRAWS

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How to use JACKSTRAWS in a sentence

• Timbers up-ended, crossed, interlocked, slid one over the other, mounted higher and higher in the formidable game of jack-straws the loss of which spelled death to the players.
• The bang has the dishevelled appearance of a pile of jack-straws.
• I received a watch and chain, a glove-buttoner, a penknife, and a set of ivory jackstraws.
• JACK FAGOTS This game is the same in principle as Jackstraws except that fagots or sticks of wood two feet long are used in place of jackstraws.
• You see, we used to cut paper dolls and play jackstraws together ages ago.

Similar words containing JACKSTRAW without suffix s

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