JINGO is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. JINGO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JINGO?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JINGO is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JINGO
No single letter turns JINGO into another word.
How JINGO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JINGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does JINGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalinformal
A person who supports an aggressive, boastful foreign policy and favors war over negotiation.
The word jingo entered English through the phrase by jingo, a mild oath used long before it took on its political meaning. During a nineteenth-century British dispute with Russia, a popular song containing the line we don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do gave supporters of sending warships the label jingo. From that event, jingo came to describe anyone who pushes loudly for war or a forceful national stance rather than compromise. The related word jingoism now names this attitude in general, in writing about politics and history.
How JINGO is used
Historical and informal, used mainly in writing about political history and in criticism of overly aggressive nationalism.
- Newspapers of the era mocked the loud jingo demanding war with Russia.
- Historians describe the song that gave the jingo his name.
- The editorial accused the minister of speaking like a jingo before the vote.
- Crowds shouting for war were labeled jingo agitators by their critics.
- The phrase by jingo appears throughout the old song about the jingo mood of the day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JINGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JINGO
8 longer words begin with JINGO.
Shorter words from the letters in JINGO
Common questions about JINGO
- Is JINGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JINGO, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JINGO worth?
- JINGO is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JINGO mean?
- A person who supports an aggressive, boastful foreign policy and favors war over negotiation.
- What letters can be added to JINGO?
- No single letter can be added to JINGO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JINGO:
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