JACK
17
Definition
Pronunciation: //d͡ʒæk//
noun
- A man."After Dinner they frisk away to some known Place of Rendezvous, where (at Night) every Jack has his Jill and every Jill has her Jack."
- A man."Call you me daughter? now I promiſe you / You haue ſhewd a tender fatherly regard, / To wiſh me wed to one halfe Lunaticke, / A mad-cap ruffian, and a ſwearing Iacke, / That thinkes with oathes to face the matter out."
- A man.
- A man."When Wardell arrived on the scene, they were surprised to find that he was unshaven, and did not look too happy. One of them remarked: "The 'Jacks' (detectives) are after you.""
verb
- (transitive) To physically raise using a jack."He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads."
- (transitive) To raise or increase."If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results."
- (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone)."Someone jacked my car last night!"
- (intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
adj
- (Australia) Tired, disillusioned; fed up (with)."In the end, black and white were both crawling on the ground in reconciliation. Both saying that they were plain jack of each other."
noun
- (slang, baseball) A home run."The year before ('76) Kingman had 37 jacks with only 502 PAs. Is that the limit?"
Source: Kaikki
Word Details
- Length
- 4 letters
- Scrabble Points
- 17 points
- Words With Friends Points
- 20 points
Word Games
- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
- Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
- Yes
- Wordle
- No
- Words With Friends
- Yes
How many Scrabble points is the word 'JACK'?
The word JACK is worth 17 points in Scrabble.
J8
A1
C3
K5
Total: 17 points
How many Words With Friends points is the word 'JACK'?
The word JACK is worth 20 points in Words With Friends.
J10
A1
C4
K5
Total: 20 points
What's the difference between Scrabble and Words With Friends points?
While many letters share the same point values, there are several key differences between Scrabble and Words With Friends point values:
- B, C, M, P: Worth 3 points in Scrabble, but 4 points in Words With Friends
- H, Y: Worth 4 points in Scrabble, but 3 points in Words With Friends
- L, N, U: Worth 1 point in Scrabble, but 2 points in Words With Friends
- V: Worth 4 points in Scrabble, but 5 points in Words With Friends
- J: Worth 8 points in Scrabble, but 10 points in Words With Friends
Note: These are base letter values. Actual game scores also depend on bonus squares (Double/Triple Letter/Word) and board placement, which differ between the two games. See the complete Scrabble point values and Words With Friends point values for full reference.