JACKY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. JACKY 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 JACKY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JACKY is to know. It scores 21 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JACKY
No single letter turns JACKY into another word.
How JACKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JACKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What stands out about JACKY
- JACKY scores 21 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JACKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalnautical
An informal word for a sailor.
Jacky is a familiar, affectionate variant of Jack, a traditional nickname for an ordinary sailor in English since the days of sail. The word appears in older sea stories and songs as a friendly way of referring to a seaman rather than as a proper name.
How JACKY is used
Old-fashioned and informal, found mainly in older nautical writing and songs rather than modern speech.
- The old shanty spoke of a jacky bound for distant shores.
- Every jacky aboard knew the captain's temper.
- The tavern was full of jacky sailors telling tall tales.
- A young jacky climbed the rigging without hesitation.
- The song praised the jacky who stayed at his post through the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JACKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JACKY
Common questions about JACKY
- Is JACKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JACKY, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JACKY worth?
- JACKY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JACKY mean?
- An informal word for a sailor.
- What letters can be added to JACKY?
- No single letter can be added to JACKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JACKY:
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