JEMMY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. JEMMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JEMMY?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JEMMY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JEMMY
No single letter turns JEMMY into another word.
How JEMMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JEMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,137 thousand.
What stands out about JEMMY
- JEMMY scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JEMMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A short steel bar with a curved, flattened end, used to force open doors, windows or locks.
A jemmy works by wedging its flat end into a narrow gap and levering it, which is why the word is strongly associated with burglary in British English. The same tool is usually called a jimmy in North American English.
How JEMMY is used
Also used as a verb, to jemmy something open.
- The burglar used a jemmy to force the back door.
- Police found a jemmy hidden under the seat of the car.
- He tried to jemmy the window but the frame held firm.
- A bent jemmy lay abandoned near the broken lock.
- The thief had used a jemmy to open the till before the alarm went off.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JEMMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JEMMY
1 longer words begin with JEMMY.
Shorter words from the letters in JEMMY
Common questions about JEMMY
- Is JEMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JEMMY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JEMMY worth?
- JEMMY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JEMMY mean?
- A short steel bar with a curved, flattened end, used to force open doors, windows or locks.
- What letters can be added to JEMMY?
- No single letter can be added to JEMMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JEMMY:
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