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Is jamb a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jamb is a Scrabble US word. The word jamb is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is jamb a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jamb is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

J8A1M3B3

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Yes. The word jamb is a Words With Friends word. The word jamb is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

JAMB,

3-letter words (3 found)

BAM,JAB,JAM,

2-letter words (5 found)

AB,AM,BA,JA,MA,

You can make 9 words from jamb according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of jamb

jamb ajmb jmab mjab amjb majb jabm ajbm jbam bjam abjm bajm jmba mjba jbma bjma mbja bmja ambj mabj abmj bamj mbaj bmaj

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word jamb. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in jamb.

Definitions and meaning of jamb

jamb

Alternative forms

  • jaum (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒæm/
  • Rhymes: -æm
  • Homophone: jam

Noun

jamb (plural jambs)

  1. (architecture, interior decorating, carpentry) Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
  2. (mining) Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein.
  3. Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).

Alternative forms

  • (armor): jambe

Hypernyms

  • frame

Hyponyms

  • (architecture): doorjamb, doorpost

Coordinate terms

  • lintel
  • sill

Derived terms

  • doorjamb
  • strike jamb

Translations

Verb

jamb (third-person singular simple present jambs, present participle jambing, simple past and past participle jambed)

  1. (transitive) To fix or attach a jamb to.

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑmb̥/

Noun

jamb (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. (poetry) iamb

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • jamb in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “jamb”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “jamb”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jamp/
  • Rhymes: -amp
  • Syllabification: jamb

Noun

jamb m inan

  1. (poetry) iamb

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • jamb in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jamb in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jâmb/

Noun

jȁmb m (Cyrillic spelling ја̏мб)

  1. iamb

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἲαμβος (ìambos).

Noun

jamb c

  1. iamb

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • troké

Related terms

  • jambisk

References

  • jamb in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • jamb in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • jamb in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org