JANKY is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. JANKY 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 21 points there.
Which word lists accept JANKY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JANKY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JANKY
No single letter turns JANKY into another word.
How JANKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JANKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What stands out about JANKY
- JANKY 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 JANKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalNorth Americanslang
Of poor quality, unreliable, or in a state of disrepair.
A janky device or plan barely holds together, and it might still work, but nobody trusts it to keep working. The word carries a note of amused complaint rather than real anger.
How JANKY is used
Casual North American slang, common in speech about broken or shoddy things.
- The janky elevator groaned on every floor.
- He fixed the bike with a janky repair made of tape and wire.
- Their janky website crashed twice during the demo.
- I would not trust that janky ladder to hold my weight.
- The whole plan sounded janky from the start.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JANKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JANKY
Common questions about JANKY
- Is JANKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JANKY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JANKY worth?
- JANKY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JANKY mean?
- Of poor quality, unreliable, or in a state of disrepair.
- What letters can be added to JANKY?
- No single letter can be added to JANKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JANKY:
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