JACK is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. JACK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JACK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JACK is to know. It scores 17 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JACK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JACK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JACK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 217,846.
What stands out about JACK
- JACK scores 17 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JACK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A device for lifting a heavy weight.
Jack is the commonest man's name turned into a common noun: it names a tool, a flag, a card, a fish and an electrical socket. Every one of those came from the idea of an ordinary man doing an ordinary job.
How JACK is used
Countable. Also a verb: jacked, jacking.
- The jack slipped and the car came down on the kerb.
- The word jack is a man's name that became a noun.
- They jacked up the price the week before delivery.
- A jack in a pack of cards outranks a ten.
- Two jacks in the boot and neither of them working.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JACK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JACK
Showing 24 of 98 words that begin with JACK.
Words ending in JACK
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in JACK. Useful as a back hook: play JACK onto a word already on the board.
Words with JACK inside
Showing 24 of 75 words that contain JACK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with JACK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JACK
Common questions about JACK
- Is JACK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JACK, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JACK worth?
- JACK is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JACK mean?
- A device for lifting a heavy weight.
- What letters can be added to JACK?
- JACK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JACK:
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