JAM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. JAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JAM?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JAM is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JAM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in JAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,983.
What does JAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Fruit boiled with sugar until it sets.
What makes it set is pectin, and different fruit carries so much or so little that some kinds need help and some need none. The other jam — a crowd, a blocked road, a stuck machine — is a separate word from a verb meaning to press, and the two have never merged despite sharing three letters.
How JAM is used
Uncountable: a jar of jam. The traffic sense is countable.
- The jam set overnight and needed no help at all.
- They sat in a jam on the ring road for an hour.
- A jam made from that fruit needs added pectin.
- The printer jammed on the second page and stayed jammed.
- She makes jam in September and gives most of it away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JAM
Showing 24 of 79 words that begin with JAM.
Words ending in JAM
5 words end in JAM. Useful as a back hook: play JAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with JAM inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain JAM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with JAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JAM
Common questions about JAM
- Is JAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JAM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JAM worth?
- JAM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JAM mean?
- Fruit boiled with sugar until it sets.
- What letters can be added to JAM?
- JAM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of JAM:
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