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jerry

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Is jerry a Scrabble word?

Yes, jerry is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 15 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of jerry?

Definition

name (English)

1. (UK, US, ethnic slur, dated) A personification of the German people.Examples: "Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort of heavy armament. All camouflaged. White.”"; "[…] chucking your towel on the sunbed and making sure Jerry doesn't get there first."UKUSdatedethnicslur

noun (English)

1. (British, US, ethnic slur, dated) A German, particularly a male German.Examples: "But Robert had been cheeriness itself, had told them to buck up and think of England, reminding them that moaning wasn’t going to beat the Jerries."Synonyms: Boche, Fritz, KrautBritishUSdatedethnicslur

noun (English)

1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A chamber pot.Examples: "We used chamber-pots a good deal – ‘jerries’ – cause of much hilarity doe to the hostilities."Synonyms: chamber potIrelandUKslang

adj (English)

1. (dated) Jerry-built.Examples: "If a man builds a jerry-house, he has a jerry conscience; and there are a lot of consciences of that description going about."datednot-comparable

noun (English)

1. (ethnic slur) Alternative letter-case form of Jerry (“a German”).Synonyms: Germanalt-ofethnicslur

noun (English)

1. (UK, thieves' cant, obsolete) A watch (timepiece).Examples: "Watch stealing, or jerry getting, as the thieving fraternity designate the operation, is carried on to a considerable extent all the year round."; "R. Austin Freeman, A Savant's Vendetta 'Do you know a jerry when you sees one — a red 'un, mind you?' […] The fellow looked furtively at the door and then, diving into an inner pocket, pulled out a handsome gold watch with a massive chain attached, exhibited it for a moment and then dropped it back."UKobsolete

This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "jerry"?

Scrabble
15 points
J8
E1
R1
R1
Y4
Words With Friends
16 points
J10
E1
R1
R1
Y4

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