JAKEY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. JAKEY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 19 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JAKEY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JAKEY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JAKEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jakeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JAKEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JAKEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 348,553.
What stands out about JAKEY
- JAKEY scores 19 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 JAKEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensiveslangScots
A derogatory Scots slang term for a homeless person who drinks heavily and lives roughly on the street.
Calling someone a jakey is an insult rather than a neutral description: it pictures a scruffy, chronically drunk vagrant, most often used in Scottish cities such as Glasgow and Edinburgh. Because it demeans real people, dictionaries flag jakey as derogatory rather than as plain slang.
How JAKEY is used
Offensive when used of a real person; met mainly in quotation or discussion of the word itself.
- The barman would not let the jakey back inside the pub.
- A jakey was asleep on the bench outside the station.
- Passers-by threw coins at the jakey without stopping to talk.
- The council report avoided the word jakey and wrote homeless person instead.
- He grew up hearing jakey used as an insult for anyone who drank in the street.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JAKEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JAKEY
1 longer words begin with JAKEY.
Shorter words from the letters in JAKEY
Common questions about JAKEY
- Is JAKEY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JAKEY is not in it.
- How many points is JAKEY worth?
- JAKEY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JAKEY mean?
- A derogatory Scots slang term for a homeless person who drinks heavily and lives roughly on the street.
- What letters can be added to JAKEY?
- JAKEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JAKEY:
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