JADE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. JADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JADE?
| 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 JADE is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JADE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JADE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does JADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hard green stone used for carving.
Jade covers two different minerals that nobody distinguished until 1863, and Chinese carving prizes the rarer of the two. A separate jade is a worn-out horse, and that is where jaded comes from.
How JADE is used
Uncountable for the stone; countable for a horse.
- Jade covers two minerals that look alike.
- The word jade also names a worn-out horse.
- Jaded comes from the horse and not the stone.
- Chinese carving prizes one kind of jade above the other.
- The two minerals called jade were separated in 1863.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JADE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JADE
10 longer words begin with JADE.
Words ending in JADE
1 words end in JADE. Useful as a back hook: play JADE onto a word already on the board.
Words with JADE inside
3 words contain JADE in the middle. Words that start with JADE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JADE
Common questions about JADE
- Is JADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JADE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JADE worth?
- JADE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JADE mean?
- A hard green stone used for carving.
- What letters can be added to JADE?
- JADE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JADE:
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