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Is jersey a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jersey is a Scrabble US word. The word jersey is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is jersey a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jersey is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

J8E1R1S1E1Y4

Is jersey a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word jersey is a Words With Friends word. The word jersey is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

JERSEY,

5-letter words (3 found)

EYERS,EYRES,JEERS,

4-letter words (11 found)

EERY,ERES,EYER,EYES,EYRE,JEER,JEES,REES,RYES,SEER,SERE,

3-letter words (13 found)

ERE,ERS,EYE,JEE,REE,RES,RYE,SEE,SER,SEY,SYE,YER,YES,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,ER,ES,RE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 34 words from jersey according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of jersey

jersey

Etymology

From a typical fisherman's sweater used on the island of Jersey.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝzi/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi
  • Hyphenation: jer‧sey

Noun

jersey (countable and uncountable, plural jerseys)

  1. (countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.
    Synonym: jumper, pullover, sweater
  2. (countable, US) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.
    Synonyms: (Australian) guernsey, (UK) shirt
  3. (uncountable) A type of fabric knit

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: jersei
  • → French: jersey
  • → Galician: xersei
  • → Portuguese: jérsei
  • → Spanish: jersey

Translations

Further reading

  • Jersey (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

From English Jersey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒøːzi/ (in imitation of original pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /ˈjersey/, [ˈje̞rs̠e̞y] (Finnicized pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /ˈjersei̯/, [ˈje̞rs̠e̞i̯] (Finnicized pronunciation)

Noun

jersey

  1. jersey (type of fabric knit)
    Synonym: jerseyneulos

Usage notes

  • Many of the inflected forms are somewhat awkward to use, but corresponding forms of the synonymous jerseyneulos can be substituted for them.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “jersey”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.zɛ/

Noun

jersey m (plural jerseys)

  1. jersey

Further reading

  • “jersey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • yérsey, yersi (Latin America)

Etymology

Borrowed from English jersey.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xeɾˈsei/ [xeɾˈsei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Syllabification: jer‧sey

Noun

jersey m (plural jerséis)

  1. sweater, pullover
    Synonyms: suéter, chomba

Further reading

  • “jersey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org