JACOBIN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. JACOBIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JACOBIN?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JACOBIN is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JACOBIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jacobinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JACOBIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in JACOBIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does JACOBIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A member of a radical political club in the French Revolution, or a fancy pigeon with a hood of feathers.
The Jacobins met in a former convent in Paris and became the voice of the most extreme revolutionaries. The pigeon breed took the name because its neck feathers resemble a monk hood, and the word later came to describe any extreme radical.
How JACOBIN is used
Capitalised for the historical club; lower case for the bird or for a radical in general.
- Robespierre was the best known jacobin of the Terror.
- The breeder showed a white jacobin at the pigeon fair.
- Her opponents called her a jacobin for demanding such sweeping change.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JACOBIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JACOBIN
1 longer words begin with JACOBIN.
Shorter words from the letters in JACOBIN
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Common questions about JACOBIN
- Is JACOBIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JACOBIN, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JACOBIN worth?
- JACOBIN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JACOBIN mean?
- A member of a radical political club in the French Revolution, or a fancy pigeon with a hood of feathers.
- What letters can be added to JACOBIN?
- JACOBIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of JACOBIN:
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