JAKE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. JAKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JAKE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JAKE is to know. It scores 15 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JAKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JAKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JAKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does JAKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Satisfactory; perfectly fine.
Jake is American and Australian slang from about 1910, and where it came from is unknown. It appears almost only after the verb — everything is jake — and practically never in front of a noun.
How JAKE is used
After the verb. Informal.
- Everything is jake and nobody is complaining.
- The word jake dates from about 1910.
- If that is jake with you, we will start on Monday.
- Jake almost never stands in front of a noun.
- The origin of jake is unknown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JAKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JAKE
6 longer words begin with JAKE.
Shorter words from the letters in JAKE
Common questions about JAKE
- Is JAKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JAKE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JAKE worth?
- JAKE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JAKE mean?
- Satisfactory; perfectly fine.
- What letters can be added to JAKE?
- JAKE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JAKE:
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