JUBILEE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. JUBILEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JUBILEE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JUBILEE is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUBILEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
jubileesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JUBILEE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in JUBILEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842,149.
What does JUBILEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A special anniversary, especially the twenty-fifth or fiftieth, or the celebration held to mark it.
The word comes from an ancient Hebrew year of release and rest, and the sense of rejoicing stayed with it. Monarchs have jubilees, as do churches and companies, with the golden one at fifty years and the silver one at twenty-five.
How JUBILEE is used
In British usage a jubilee most often means the anniversary of a monarch's reign.
- The village held a street party for the queen's jubilee.
- Bells rang all afternoon to mark the jubilee.
- The school planned a fiftieth jubilee concert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUBILEE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JUBILEE
1 longer words begin with JUBILEE.
Shorter words from the letters in JUBILEE
Common questions about JUBILEE
- Is JUBILEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JUBILEE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JUBILEE worth?
- JUBILEE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUBILEE mean?
- A special anniversary, especially the twenty-fifth or fiftieth, or the celebration held to mark it.
- What letters can be added to JUBILEE?
- JUBILEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of JUBILEE:
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