JASEY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. JASEY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JASEY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JASEY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JASEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jaseysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JASEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JASEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does JASEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicBritish
A bushy wig made of worsted wool, traditionally worn by tradesmen and clerks rather than for formal court dress.
A jasey is an old style of wig woven from coarse worsted wool rather than horsehair or human hair. The name is thought to come from Jersey, the Channel Island famous for its knitted yarn, whose texture the wig resembled. Bakers, parish clerks and other tradesmen once wore a jasey as everyday headgear rather than for court dress. The word survives today mainly in older British writing and word-game lists.
How JASEY is used
Archaic and regional; encountered chiefly in older British texts describing everyday dress rather than in modern speech.
- The old clerk kept his jasey hanging on a peg by the door.
- A worn jasey sat crookedly on the baker's head.
- Illustrations of the period often show tradesmen in a grey jasey.
- He replaced his own hair with a cheap jasey for the part.
- The museum case displayed a faded jasey beside other Georgian wigs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JASEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JASEY
1 longer words begin with JASEY.
Shorter words from the letters in JASEY
Common questions about JASEY
- Is JASEY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JASEY is not in it.
- How many points is JASEY worth?
- JASEY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JASEY mean?
- A bushy wig made of worsted wool, traditionally worn by tradesmen and clerks rather than for formal court dress.
- What letters can be added to JASEY?
- JASEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JASEY:
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