JELLY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. JELLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JELLY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JELLY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JELLY
No single letter turns JELLY into another word.
How JELLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JELLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does JELLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A soft, semi-solid food made by setting fruit juice or another liquid with gelatine or pectin.
Jelly is a common food term for a substance that has been thickened until it holds a wobbly, semi-solid shape, whether a sweet dessert or a fruit preserve spread on bread. The word also extends to non-food substances with a similar soft, springy texture, such as petroleum jelly used on skin. In British slang, jelly can additionally mean gelignite, an explosive with a jelly-like consistency. Across all these senses the core idea remains the same texture between liquid and solid.
How JELLY is used
In everyday use across most varieties of English, both as a food term and, informally, for jelly-like substances.
- The children wobbled the jelly on their plates before eating it.
- She spread strawberry jelly thickly on her toast.
- The nurse applied a cool jelly before the scan.
- Thieves reportedly used jelly to blow open the safe.
- Petroleum jelly soothed the dry skin on his hands.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JELLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JELLY
12 longer words begin with JELLY.
Words ending in JELLY
1 words end in JELLY. Useful as a back hook: play JELLY onto a word already on the board.
Words with JELLY inside
1 words contain JELLY in the middle. Words that start with JELLY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JELLY
Common questions about JELLY
- Is JELLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JELLY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JELLY worth?
- JELLY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JELLY mean?
- A soft, semi-solid food made by setting fruit juice or another liquid with gelatine or pectin.
- What letters can be added to JELLY?
- No single letter can be added to JELLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JELLY:
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