Is JAPES a word?
JAPES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 18 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, JAPES is a valid word.
What does japes mean?
JAPES is an inflected form of jape.
noun: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.
“he told a very funny joke”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
JAPES: word details
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so JAPES 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.
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Words you can make from the letters of japes.
Solve a whole rack, not just JAPES
JAPES 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 JAPES mean?
JAPES is an inflected form of jape and is a noun. It means: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.
Is JAPES a valid word?
Yes, JAPES is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 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.