HIJINKS is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. HIJINKS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIJINKS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIJINKS is to know. It scores 21 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIJINKS
No single letter turns HIJINKS into another word.
How HIJINKS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HIJINKS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What does HIJINKS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Noisy, mischievous fun, usually harmless pranks and playful behaviour.
Hijinks implies a group of people enjoying themselves in a boisterous way, as at a party or a school trip. It is nearly always plural.
How HIJINKS is used
Informal plural noun, mainly American; the spelling highjinks also occurs.
- The film is full of college hijinks.
- Their hijinks got them thrown out of the library.
- After the exam came a night of hijinks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIJINKS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HIJINKS
Common questions about HIJINKS
- Is HIJINKS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIJINKS, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIJINKS worth?
- HIJINKS is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIJINKS mean?
- Noisy, mischievous fun, usually harmless pranks and playful behaviour.
- What letters can be added to HIJINKS?
- No single letter can be added to HIJINKS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HIJINKS:
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