JOCKY is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 21 points
Yes for Scrabble. JOCKY is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept JOCKY?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOCKY is to know. It scores 21 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOCKY
No single letter turns JOCKY into another word.
How JOCKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JOCKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,353 thousand.
What stands out about JOCKY
- JOCKY scores 21 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 JOCKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalNorth American
Resembling an athlete, or indicating or appropriate to a male athlete.
Jocky describes a style, look, or manner associated with sporty young men, the kind who might be called a jock in casual American speech. It is applied to clothing, haircuts, attitudes, or whole rooms of people when the writer wants to suggest a locker-room, sports-team atmosphere rather than a literal claim that everyone present plays a sport.
How JOCKY is used
Informal, chiefly North American slang; used to describe style or attitude rather than actual athletic ability.
- The gym had a jocky crowd hanging around the entrance.
- He wore a jocky haircut that made him look ready for football practice.
- Her new boyfriend has a jocky way of talking about every game he watches.
- The bar attracted a jocky clientele on game nights.
- I never liked the jocky humor that filled the locker room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOCKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JOCKY
Common questions about JOCKY
- Is JOCKY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JOCKY is not in it.
- How many points is JOCKY worth?
- JOCKY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOCKY mean?
- Resembling an athlete, or indicating or appropriate to a male athlete.
- What letters can be added to JOCKY?
- No single letter can be added to JOCKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JOCKY:
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