JAGER is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. JAGER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JAGER?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JAGER is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JAGER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jagersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JAGER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JAGER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does JAGER mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A seabird of the genus Stercorarius that chases other seabirds in flight and forces them to give up their catch; also spelled jaeger.
Jager comes from the German word for hunter, and English speakers borrowed it for these fast, aggressive seabirds because of the way they hunt other birds rather than fish directly. A jager will chase a gull or tern in the air until the smaller bird drops or gives up its food, which the jager then steals. The same word, spelled jaeger in German army history, once named a marksman or light infantry soldier, and that older sense survives mainly in historical writing. In modern English the bird is the meaning most people meet.
How JAGER is used
Used mainly in birdwatching and ornithology; the older sense about soldiers is historical and rarely used now.
- A jager swooped low, chasing a tern along the shoreline.
- Birders on the boat spotted a jager robbing a gull of its fish.
- The field guide lists three kinds of jager seen off this coast.
- Sailors called the jager a pirate of the air for its habits.
- The young jager had not yet learned to chase larger gulls.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JAGER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JAGER
1 longer words begin with JAGER.
Shorter words from the letters in JAGER
Common questions about JAGER
- Is JAGER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JAGER, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JAGER worth?
- JAGER is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JAGER mean?
- A seabird of the genus Stercorarius that chases other seabirds in flight and forces them to give up their catch; also spelled jaeger.
- What letters can be added to JAGER?
- JAGER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JAGER:
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