JUMBY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. JUMBY 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 19 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept JUMBY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JUMBY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUMBY
No single letter turns JUMBY into another word.
How JUMBY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JUMBY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,353 thousand.
What stands out about JUMBY
- JUMBY scores 19 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 JUMBY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Caribbean
A ghost or evil spirit in Caribbean folklore.
A jumby is the kind of restless spirit found in West Indian folk tales. It is often blamed for strange noises or bad luck at night.
How JUMBY is used
Used mainly in Caribbean English and in stories about local folklore.
- The children were scared of the jumby said to haunt the old tree.
- Grandmother warned us never to whistle after dark or a jumby might answer.
- Villagers blamed the broken fence on a mischievous jumby.
- The story described a jumby wandering the sugar cane fields at midnight.
- No one would walk past the graveyard for fear of the jumby.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUMBY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in JUMBY
Common questions about JUMBY
- Is JUMBY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and JUMBY is not in it.
- How many points is JUMBY worth?
- JUMBY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUMBY mean?
- A ghost or evil spirit in Caribbean folklore.
- What letters can be added to JUMBY?
- No single letter can be added to JUMBY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JUMBY:
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