JEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. JEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JEAN?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JEAN is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jeansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JEAN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What does JEAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A strong twilled cotton cloth.
Jean is the cloth and jeans are the garment, and the name comes from Genoa, where the fabric was woven. Denim is named after a different city altogether, and the two cloths are not the same thing.
How JEAN is used
Uncountable for the cloth; the garment is always plural.
- A jean jacket is named after the cloth and not the trousers.
- The word jean comes from the name of Genoa.
- Jean and denim are two different cloths.
- The cloth is jean and the garment is jeans.
- Two weights of jean for two different uses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JEAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of JEAN
The 4 tiles of JEAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with JEAN
6 longer words begin with JEAN.
Words with JEAN inside
12 words contain JEAN in the middle. Words that start with JEAN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JEAN
Common questions about JEAN
- Is JEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JEAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JEAN worth?
- JEAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JEAN mean?
- A strong twilled cotton cloth.
- What letters can be added to JEAN?
- JEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JEAN:
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