Is JERKY a word?
JERKY is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 7 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, JERKY is a valid word.
What does jerky mean?
noun: meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
JERKY: word details
- Pronunciation: JUR-kee (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 19 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 20 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so JERKY 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 jerky
Words you can make from the letters of jerky.
Solve a whole rack, not just JERKY
JERKY 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 JERKY mean?
JERKY is a noun. It means: meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun.
Is JERKY a valid word?
Yes, JERKY is a valid word. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 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.