JINNI is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. JINNI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JINNI?
| 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 JINNI is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JINNI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JINNI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JINNI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 139,421.
What does JINNI mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A supernatural spirit in Arabic and Islamic folklore, capable of taking human or animal form and possessing powers beyond those of ordinary mortals.
A jinni, according to traditional Arabic belief, is a being made of smokeless fire rather than flesh, able to move unseen, change shape and influence human affairs for good or ill. Islamic tradition places the jinni alongside angels and humans as one of the three kinds of beings created by God, each with its own nature and free will. Western readers usually meet the word through tales such as those in the Arabian Nights, often anglicised into genie, though jinni is the closer transliteration of the original Arabic term. The plural of jinni is jinn, a word also used collectively for the whole class of such spirits.
How JINNI is used
Used in translations of Arabic and Islamic folklore, and in literary or scholarly writing, for this class of supernatural being.
- The old story tells of a jinni trapped inside a brass lamp.
- Villagers blamed the strange noises on a mischievous jinni.
- The scholar explained how a jinni differs from an angel in Islamic belief.
- A jinni in the tale grants three wishes to the fisherman.
- The film reimagined the jinni as a wise, reluctant guide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JINNI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JINNI
1 longer words begin with JINNI.
Words ending in JINNI
1 words end in JINNI. Useful as a back hook: play JINNI onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in JINNI
Common questions about JINNI
- Is JINNI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JINNI, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JINNI worth?
- JINNI is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JINNI mean?
- A supernatural spirit in Arabic and Islamic folklore, capable of taking human or animal form and possessing powers beyond those of ordinary mortals.
- What letters can be added to JINNI?
- JINNI takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JINNI:
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