JAPE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. JAPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JAPE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JAPE is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JAPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JAPE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JAPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does JAPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A practical joke or a piece of teasing.
Jape is medieval, went out of use entirely, and came back in the nineteenth century when writers wanted an old-fashioned tone. It now appears almost only in that deliberately archaic register.
How JAPE is used
Countable: a jape, two japes. Archaic or humorous.
- A jape at somebody's expense is still a jape.
- The word jape is medieval and was revived on purpose.
- Two japes in one chapter and neither of them funny.
- Writers use jape to sound old-fashioned.
- A jape and a prank differ only in the century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JAPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JAPE
6 longer words begin with JAPE.
Shorter words from the letters in JAPE
Common questions about JAPE
- Is JAPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JAPE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JAPE worth?
- JAPE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JAPE mean?
- A practical joke or a piece of teasing.
- What letters can be added to JAPE?
- JAPE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JAPE:
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