JALAP is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. JALAP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JALAP?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JALAP is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JALAP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jalapsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JALAP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JALAP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does JALAP mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanymedicalhistorical
The dried, powdered root of a Mexican climbing plant, long used in medicine as a strong purgative.
Jalap comes from the tuberous roots of a Mexican vine related to the morning glory, which were dried and ground into a powder used to purge the bowels. Physicians relied on it for centuries as one of the standard, if harsh, purgative medicines before gentler alternatives became available. The plant takes its name from the Mexican town of Jalapa, near which it grows wild, and the same word can refer to the plant, its root or the drug prepared from it.
How JALAP is used
Historical in medicine; once a standard purgative, it survives today mainly in accounts of older pharmacy and herbal remedies.
- The old apothecary kept jars of jalap on the highest shelf.
- Doctors once prescribed jalap for the most stubborn cases of constipation.
- The tubers were dried and ground to make powdered jalap.
- Nineteenth-century medicine chests often included a supply of jalap.
- The climbing vine that produces jalap is a relative of the morning glory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JALAP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JALAP
6 longer words begin with JALAP.
Shorter words from the letters in JALAP
Common questions about JALAP
- Is JALAP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JALAP, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JALAP worth?
- JALAP is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JALAP mean?
- The dried, powdered root of a Mexican climbing plant, long used in medicine as a strong purgative.
- What letters can be added to JALAP?
- JALAP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JALAP:
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