Is JAKES a word?
JAKES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 16 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, JAKES is a valid word.
What does jakes mean?
noun: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
JAKES: word details
- Pronunciation: JAYKS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so JAKES works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside jakes
Words you can make from the letters of jakes.
Solve a whole rack, not just JAKES
JAKES is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does JAKES mean?
JAKES is a noun. It means: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.
Is JAKES a valid word?
Yes, JAKES is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.