JELLO is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. JELLO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JELLO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JELLO is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JELLO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jellosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JELLO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JELLO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does JELLO mean in Scrabble?
noun
trademarkinformalNorth American
A wobbly, fruit-flavoured gelatin dessert, from the trademark name Jell-O, used informally for any dessert of this kind.
Jell-O began in the United States as a trademarked brand of flavoured gelatin powder, and the lower-case jello has since drifted into everyday North American speech for the finished, wobbly dessert itself, whatever the maker. Children often meet jello in small cups at school cafeterias or on hospital trays, where it is prized for being easy to eat and rarely allergenic. Because the trademark still exists, careful writers capitalise Jell-O for the brand while reserving jello for the generic dessert.
How JELLO is used
Informal North American usage; capitalised as Jell-O when referring to the brand itself.
- The children fought over the last cube of red jello.
- Hospital trays often include a small cup of jello for dessert.
- She set the jello in the fridge overnight so it would hold its shape.
- The recipe layered jello of two colours in a single glass bowl.
- He joked that the salad was mostly jello with fruit suspended inside it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JELLO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JELLO
1 longer words begin with JELLO.
Shorter words from the letters in JELLO
Common questions about JELLO
- Is JELLO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JELLO, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JELLO worth?
- JELLO is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JELLO mean?
- A wobbly, fruit-flavoured gelatin dessert, from the trademark name Jell-O, used informally for any dessert of this kind.
- What letters can be added to JELLO?
- JELLO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JELLO:
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