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Is jess a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jess is a Scrabble US word. The word jess is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is jess a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jess is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

J8E1S1S1

Is jess a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word jess is a Words With Friends word. The word jess is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

JESS,

3-letter words (1 found)

ESS,

2-letter words (1 found)

ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 4 words from jess according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of jess

jess ejss jses sjes esjs sejs jess ejss jses sjes esjs sejs jsse sjse jsse sjse ssje ssje essj sesj essj sesj ssej ssej

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Definitions and meaning of jess

jess

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jĕs, IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

From Middle English ges, from Middle French gies, from the plural of jet (“throw”), from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus < iactus (“a throwing”), or from jeter (“to throw”), itself from Latin iactare.

Noun

jess (plural jesses)

  1. (falconry) A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
    • 1686, Richard Blome, The Gentlemans Recreation, Part 2, Chapter 24 “Certain Terms of Art used in Falconry, with an Explanation thereof, Alphabetically set down,” p. 62,[2]

Verb

jess (third-person singular simple present jesses, present participle jessing, simple past and past participle jessed)

  1. (falconry) To fasten a strap around the leg of a hawk.

Etymology 2

See jet (etymology 2).

Noun

jess (plural jesses)

  1. Alternative form of jet (the mineral).
  2. Alternative form of jet (the color).

Etymology 3

See just.

Adverb

jess (not comparable)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of just.

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

  • JSEs, JSSE

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjesː/, [ˈje̞s̠ː]
  • Rhymes: -esː
  • Syllabification(key): jess

Interjection

jess!

  1. Alternative form of jes

Further reading

  • “jess”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (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

Icelandic

Etymology

From English yes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛsː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsː

Interjection

jess

  1. (informal) yes (exclamation of satisfaction, joy, etc.)

Source: wiktionary.org