Is LOCKJAWS a word?
LOCKJAWS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LOCKJAWS is a valid word.
What does lockjaws mean?
LOCKJAWS is an inflected form of lockjaw.
noun: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LOCKJAWS: word details
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 24 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 28 points on the tiles.
- 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 lockjaws
Words you can make from the letters of lockjaws.
Solve a whole rack, not just LOCKJAWS
LOCKJAWS 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 LOCKJAWS mean?
LOCKJAWS is an inflected form of lockjaw and is a noun. It means: an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages.
Is LOCKJAWS a valid word?
Yes, LOCKJAWS is a valid word. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 28 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.