JACKKNIFES

What JACKKNIFES Means

JACKKNIFES is a form of JACKKNIFE, which means:

1. noun: a large knife with one or more folding blades
2. noun: a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
3. verb: dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JACKKNIFES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 30 in Scrabble and 33 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 C3 K5 K5 N1 I1 F4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In JACKKNIFES

284 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (1)

7 letter words (5)

6 letter words (17)

5 letter words (71)

4 letter words (110)

3 letter words (61)

2 letter words (19)

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