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Is jam a Scrabble word?

Yes, jam is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
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What is the meaning of jam?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (less common in the US and Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tartsExamples: "He is allergic to jam."; "She loves eating jam for breakfast in hotels."Synonyms: conserve, jelly, preservecountableuncommonuncountable

2. (countable) A difficult situation.Examples: "It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand."; "She was married when we first met / Soon to be divorced / I helped her out of a jam, I guess / But I used a little too much force"; "Where, where is my common sense? / How did I get in a jam like this?"Synonyms: ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemmacountable

3. (countable) A difficult situation.Examples: "The pitcher's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat."Synonyms: ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemmacountable

4. (countable) A blockage, congestion, or immobilization.Examples: "a jam on the 101 South, blocking the two right lanes [radio report]"; "a jam of logs in a river"; "According to Boeing, in the history of this elevator design (which exists on all Boeing DC-9/MD-80 series and 717 model airplanes), this accident was the first notification that Boeing had received of an elevator jam occurring on an airplane exposed to ground gusts lower than 65 kts. Boeing noted that the elevator design first entered service in 1965 on the then-Douglas DC-9 airplane."Synonyms: jam-upcountable

5. (countable, popular music) An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal.commoncountable

6. (countable, by extension, informal) A song; a track.Examples: "And a mix CD titled "Summer Jamz 2000." Jamz is spelled with a "z"."; "The result is an outstanding assortment of sophisticated, sexy and hip-hop-tinged R&B grooves, ballads and party jams."broadlycountableinformal

verb (English)

1. (baseball) To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.Examples: "Jones was jammed by the pitch."

2. (basketball) To dunk.

3. (music) To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).

4. (roller derby) To attempt to score points.Examples: "Toughie jammed four times in the second period."

5. (nautical, transitive) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback.Examples: "It won't do to jam her,” answered Stone ;" but it might be worth findin' out if th' Hope won't lie closer than t' other can." Half a point ----""transitive

6. (Canada, informal) To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out.Canadainformal

noun (English)

1. (dated) A kind of frock for children.dated

noun (English)

1. (mining) Alternative form of jamb.alt-ofalternative

noun (English)

1. (UK, informal) A household that is only barely able to meet its financial obligations.Examples: "Well, technically, a Jam is a working-class Brexit voter who feels alienated by the creeping march of globalisation."; "Although most of the income for JAM families comes from work, it is, in many cases, topped up by welfare support."UKinformal

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "jam"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "jam"?

Scrabble
12 points
J8
A1
M3
Words With Friends
15 points
J10
A1
M4

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