OUTJINX is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. OUTJINX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTJINX?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTJINX is to know. It scores 21 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTJINX
No single letter turns OUTJINX into another word.
How OUTJINX scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OUTJINX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does OUTJINX mean in Scrabble?
verb
rarehumorous
To exceed someone else in bringing bad luck.
Outjinx is built like outrun or outsmart: the prefix means to beat a rival at the activity named by the base word. Here the contest is about misfortune, so the word is playful and appears mainly in word games and jokes.
How OUTJINX is used
A rare comic coinage, mostly met in word lists and lighthearted writing.
- No gambler could outjinx him on a Friday the thirteenth.
- The cursed team seemed determined to outjinx every rival.
- She joked that her old car would outjinx any black cat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTJINX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTJINX
3 longer words begin with OUTJINX.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTJINX
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Common questions about OUTJINX
- Is OUTJINX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTJINX, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTJINX worth?
- OUTJINX is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTJINX mean?
- To exceed someone else in bringing bad luck.
- What letters can be added to OUTJINX?
- No single letter can be added to OUTJINX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OUTJINX:
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