JIVEY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. JIVEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JIVEY?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JIVEY is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JIVEY
No single letter turns JIVEY into another word.
How JIVEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JIVEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does JIVEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
slanginformal
Lively and jazzy in style, or, in a more critical sense, glib and insincere.
Jivey grew out of jive, the mid-twentieth-century slang for fast, rhythmic jazz talk and music, and could describe something with that same lively energy. The word also picked up a less flattering sense, describing talk that sounds smooth and confident but is ultimately empty or misleading.
How JIVEY is used
Informal slang, most associated with mid-twentieth-century jazz culture.
- The band played a jivey number that had everyone dancing.
- He gave a jivey little speech that convinced no one.
- Her jivey style of talking charmed the whole room.
- The salesman's jivey patter made her suspicious.
- A jivey trumpet solo closed out the set.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JIVEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JIVEY
Common questions about JIVEY
- Is JIVEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JIVEY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JIVEY worth?
- JIVEY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JIVEY mean?
- Lively and jazzy in style, or, in a more critical sense, glib and insincere.
- What letters can be added to JIVEY?
- No single letter can be added to JIVEY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JIVEY:
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