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Is jawbox a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jawbox is a Scrabble US word. The word jawbox is worth 25 points in Scrabble:

J8A1W4B3O1X8

Is jawbox a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jawbox is a Scrabble UK word and has 25 points:

J8A1W4B3O1X8

Is jawbox a Words With Friends word?

The word jawbox is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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6-letter words (1 found)

JAWBOX,

3-letter words (13 found)

ABO,BAO,BOA,BOW,BOX,JAB,JAW,JOB,JOW,OBA,WAB,WAX,WOX,

2-letter words (11 found)

AB,AW,AX,BA,BO,JA,JO,OB,OW,OX,WO,

You can make 25 words from jawbox according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of jawbox

jawbox

Alternative forms

  • jaw-box

Etymology

jaw +‎ box. In old tenements usually placed next to the kitchen window, enabling housewives to talk ("jaw") to each other across the tenement courtyard while doing washing up.

Noun

jawbox (plural jawboxes)

  1. (Scotland, dated) A tenement sink.
    Synonym: jaw-hole
    • 1983, Bernard MacLaverty, Cal (chapter 3, p.90 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)
      After a week he had to accept that he was growing a black beard, not because he wanted one, but because he could think of no way of shaving. There was a jaw-box in the tiny kitchen but no taps.

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