JIFFY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. JIFFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JIFFY?
| 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 JIFFY is to know. It scores 21 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JIFFY
No single letter turns JIFFY into another word.
How JIFFY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JIFFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,183 thousand.
What stands out about JIFFY
- JIFFY scores 21 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 JIFFY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A very short, unspecified length of time, as in the phrase in a jiffy.
A jiffy is not a measured unit in ordinary speech but a loose, cheerful way of promising that something will happen almost at once. The word is used almost only in the fixed phrase in a jiffy, where it softens a promise of speed into something more casual than instantly or right away. Physicists have separately borrowed the same word for a precisely defined tiny fraction of a second, but that technical sense is rare outside specialist writing.
How JIFFY is used
Common in casual speech, chiefly in the phrase in a jiffy; avoided in formal writing.
- Wait here, I will be back in a jiffy.
- The kettle boiled in a jiffy.
- He fixed the flat tyre in a jiffy.
- Give me a jiffy to find my keys.
- The website loaded in a jiffy on the new connection.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JIFFY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JIFFY
Common questions about JIFFY
- Is JIFFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JIFFY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JIFFY worth?
- JIFFY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JIFFY mean?
- A very short, unspecified length of time, as in the phrase in a jiffy.
- What letters can be added to JIFFY?
- No single letter can be added to JIFFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JIFFY:
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