JANK is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. JANK is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 18 points there.
Which word lists accept JANK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JANK is to know. It scores 15 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JANK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jankyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How JANK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JANK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 72,615.
What does JANK mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
Something badly made or unreliable, especially in software or a game.
Jank names a feeling rather than a fault you can point at: controls that answer half a beat late, an animation that skips, a build that works until it does not. It came out of games and web development in the 2010s and is now said of anything held together with tape; as an adjective it is commoner in speech than the noun.
How JANK is used
Uncountable as a noun, and used adjectivally — the build is jank. The form janky is commoner in writing.
- The whole interface is jank and everyone knows it.
- There is a lot of jank in the first release.
- He shipped it with the jank still in and apologised later.
- Jank is what you call a bug you cannot reproduce.
- The controls are jank but the game is good.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JANK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JANK
3 longer words begin with JANK.
Shorter words from the letters in JANK
Common questions about JANK
- Is JANK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JANK, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JANK worth?
- JANK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JANK mean?
- Something badly made or unreliable, especially in software or a game.
- What letters can be added to JANK?
- JANK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JANK:
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