JERKINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. JERKINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JERKINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JERKINESS is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JERKINESS
No single letter turns JERKINESS into another word.
How JERKINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in JERKINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so JERKINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does JERKINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of moving in sudden, uneven starts and stops.
Video that stutters shows jerkiness, and so does a car with a faulty clutch. Smooth motion is its opposite, and engineers try to remove jerkiness from machines.
How JERKINESS is used
Used for machinery, video, driving and even speech.
- The jerkiness of the old film made it hard to watch.
- Poor brakes added to the jerkiness of the ride.
- He tried to hide the jerkiness in his movements.
- A faster processor cured the jerkiness of the animation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JERKINESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JERKINESS
1 longer words begin with JERKINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in JERKINESS
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Common questions about JERKINESS
- Is JERKINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JERKINESS, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JERKINESS worth?
- JERKINESS is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JERKINESS mean?
- The quality of moving in sudden, uneven starts and stops.
- What letters can be added to JERKINESS?
- No single letter can be added to JERKINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of JERKINESS:
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