JUMP is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. JUMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JUMP?
| 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 JUMP is to know. It scores 15 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 2.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JUMP scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JUMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 245,077.
What does JUMP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To push oneself off the ground with the legs.
Jump turned up in the sixteenth century with no clear ancestor and probably imitates the sound of landing. It displaced the older verbs entirely, which is unusual for a word whose origin nobody can trace.
How JUMP is used
Jumped, jumping. Also a noun.
- They jumped the queue and nobody said anything.
- The word jump has no clear ancestor.
- A jump of that height needs a run at it.
- Jumping to conclusions is the commonest use of the word.
- Two jumps and the whole fence came down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JUMP
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with JUMP.
Words ending in JUMP
4 words end in JUMP. Useful as a back hook: play JUMP onto a word already on the board.
Words with JUMP inside
21 words contain JUMP in the middle. Words that start with JUMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JUMP
Common questions about JUMP
- Is JUMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JUMP, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JUMP worth?
- JUMP is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUMP mean?
- To push oneself off the ground with the legs.
- What letters can be added to JUMP?
- JUMP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JUMP:
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