JINNE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. JINNE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JINNE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JINNE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JINNE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jinneeChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How JINNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JINNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 46,474.
What does JINNE mean in Scrabble?
interjection
South Africaninformal
A South African exclamation of surprise or shock, borrowed from Afrikaans.
Jinne works much like an English speaker's gosh or wow, escaping the speaker when something startles, impresses or dismays them. It came into South African English from Afrikaans and is heard across speakers of different first languages, sometimes doubled for emphasis as jinne, jinne. A near-identical form, spelled jirre, carries exactly the same meaning, and the two spellings are simply alternative ways of writing one exclamation rather than two separate words.
How JINNE is used
Informal spoken South African English; rare in formal writing.
- Jinne, that lightning struck close to the house!
- She muttered jinne under her breath when she saw the bill.
- Jinne, I did not expect you to win the race.
- He let out a soft jinne when the ball flew past his ear.
- Jinne, man, that traffic was terrible today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JINNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JINNE
2 longer words begin with JINNE.
Shorter words from the letters in JINNE
Common questions about JINNE
- Is JINNE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JINNE is not in it.
- How many points is JINNE worth?
- JINNE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JINNE mean?
- A South African exclamation of surprise or shock, borrowed from Afrikaans.
- What letters can be added to JINNE?
- JINNE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JINNE:
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