JAZZ is a valid Scrabble word — 29 points
Yes. JAZZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 29 points in Scrabble and 31 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JAZZ?
| 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 JAZZ is to know. It scores 29 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JAZZ
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jazzyChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How JAZZ scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JAZZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 2 | 1 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. JAZZ needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about JAZZ
- Two Zs in one word: JAZZ doubles the highest-value tile in the bag.
- At 29 points, JAZZ is among the ten highest-scoring 4-letter words we list.
- JAZZ averages 7.3 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JAZZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
A style of music with improvisation and syncopation.
Jazz was a baseball word before it was a musical one: around 1912 in California it meant energy or spirit. The musicians it was applied to disliked the name for decades, which is why several of them preferred something else.
How JAZZ is used
Uncountable. Also a verb: jazzed, jazzing.
- The word jazz was used about baseball before music.
- Jazz was a name applied from outside and resented inside.
- They jazzed it up and ruined a perfectly good tune.
- A jazz standard is a tune everybody is expected to know.
- Jazz reached Europe with soldiers in 1918.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JAZZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JAZZ
16 longer words begin with JAZZ.
Words with JAZZ inside
5 words contain JAZZ in the middle. Words that start with JAZZ are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JAZZ
Common questions about JAZZ
- Is JAZZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JAZZ, where it scores 31 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JAZZ worth?
- JAZZ is worth 29 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JAZZ mean?
- A style of music with improvisation and syncopation.
- What letters can be added to JAZZ?
- JAZZ takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JAZZ:
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