jack: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 17 letter points · starts with J · ends with K
Meaning of jack
noun
A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
Example: jack of plate
Listed forms: jacks.
Source: Wiktionary — jack.
noun
- capitalized
A man. A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
- US, countable
A man. A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
- colloquial
A man. A sailor.
- slang
A man. A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
Listed forms: jacks.
Source: Wiktionary — jack.
verb
- transitive
To physically raise using a jack.
Example: He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads.
- transitive
To raise or increase.
Example: If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results.
To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.
- colloquial, transitive
To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
Example: Someone jacked my car last night!
Listed forms: jacks, jacking, jacked.
Source: Wiktionary — jack.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for jack.
noun
a small worthless amount
- doodly-squat
- diddly-squat
- diddlysquat
- diddly-shit
- diddlyshit
- diddly
- diddley
- squat
- shit
noun
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
noun
immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- jackfruit
- jak
noun
game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
- jackstones
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is jack in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of jack
J(8) + A(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 17 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of jack
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from jack
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in jack. Showing up to 24, longest first.