JAPER is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. JAPER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JAPER?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JAPER is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JAPER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JAPER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JAPER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does JAPER mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A person who jests, jokes or plays tricks on others; a jester or joker.
A japer is someone who enjoys making jokes, mocking remarks or practical jokes, often at another person's expense. The word comes from the older verb jape, meaning to joke or trick, and shares that word's slightly mischievous tone. It is now an old-fashioned way of describing what would more commonly be called a joker, wag or prankster.
How JAPER is used
Archaic; found today mostly in older literature and in deliberately old-fashioned or humorous writing.
- The court kept a japer to lighten the mood with jokes and riddles.
- Nobody took the young japer's pranks entirely seriously.
- He played the japer at every family gathering, teasing everyone in turn.
- The old story describes a wandering japer who tricked kings and peasants alike.
- She dismissed him as a harmless japer rather than a real troublemaker.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JAPER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JAPER
3 longer words begin with JAPER.
Shorter words from the letters in JAPER
Common questions about JAPER
- Is JAPER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JAPER, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JAPER worth?
- JAPER is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JAPER mean?
- A person who jests, jokes or plays tricks on others; a jester or joker.
- What letters can be added to JAPER?
- JAPER takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JAPER:
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