Is JIBES a word?
JIBES 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 0 other words, plus 8 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, JIBES is a valid word.
What does jibes mean?
JIBES is an inflected form of jibe.
noun: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
“his parting shot was `drop dead'”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
JIBES: word details
- Pronunciation: JEYEBZ (approx., 1 syllable)
- 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 JIBES 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 jibes
Words you can make from the letters of jibes.
Solve a whole rack, not just JIBES
JIBES 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 JIBES mean?
JIBES is an inflected form of jibe and is a noun. It means: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
Is JIBES a valid word?
Yes, JIBES 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.