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Jackknife

Scrabble:29 ptsWWF:33 pts9 letters
Definition of Jackknife

noun

  1. A compact folding knife.

    "He kept a jack-knife in his pocket for various tasks."

  2. The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds.

    "It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife"

  3. A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife.

    "I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road."

verb

  1. To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.

    "The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet."

  2. To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.

    "Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed the truck."

noun

  1. A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Anagrams of Jackknife

No exact anagrams found for "jackknife". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "jackknife" and rearranging:

+djackknifed
+sjackknifes
Related Word Patterns
JA...Words starting with "ja"...FEWords ending with "fe"All 9-letter wordsUnscramble "jackknife"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
j8
a1
c3
k5
k5
n1
i1
f4
e1

Total: 29 Scrabble points

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Find Anagrams of "jackknife"All 9-Letter WordsWords Starting With "J"
Rhymes With Jackknife
afterlifeagrafeagraffealewifeantilifebirdlifebouffecafecarafechafecoiffecybercafe
Related 9-Letter Words
jabberersjabberingjaborandijacarandajacinthesjackaroosjackassesjackbootsjackeroosjacketingjackfruitjacklightjackplanejackrollsjackscrew

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Jackknife"

Jackknife is a 9-letter word that scores 29 points in Scrabble and 33 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Jackknife" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "jackknife" is a high-scoring word. It contains the letter J, which is worth 8 points.