Is JINKS a word?
JINKS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 15 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, JINKS is a valid word.
What does jinks mean?
noun: noisy and mischievous merrymaking.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
JINKS: word details
- Pronunciation: JIHNGKS (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 19 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so JINKS 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 jinks
Words you can make from the letters of jinks.
Solve a whole rack, not just JINKS
JINKS 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 JINKS mean?
JINKS is a noun. It means: noisy and mischievous merrymaking.
Is JINKS a valid word?
Yes, JINKS is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 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.