JIMMY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. JIMMY 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 JIMMY?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JIMMY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JIMMY
No single letter turns JIMMY into another word.
How JIMMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JIMMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,183 thousand.
What stands out about JIMMY
- JIMMY 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 JIMMY mean in Scrabble?
verb
North Americaninformal
To force open a lock, window or door using a short metal bar.
To jimmy something is to pry it open quickly and often illicitly, using a jemmy-like bar. The same word, jimmy, is also the North American name for that bar itself.
How JIMMY is used
Common in North American English, often describing forced entry.
- The thief managed to jimmy the lock in seconds.
- She had to jimmy the stuck window to let in some air.
- Someone tried to jimmy the vending machine overnight.
- He used a screwdriver to jimmy open the old drawer.
- Police said the door had been jimmied from outside, but they still called it a jimmy job.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JIMMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JIMMY
1 longer words begin with JIMMY.
Shorter words from the letters in JIMMY
Common questions about JIMMY
- Is JIMMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JIMMY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JIMMY worth?
- JIMMY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JIMMY mean?
- To force open a lock, window or door using a short metal bar.
- What letters can be added to JIMMY?
- No single letter can be added to JIMMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JIMMY:
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