jimmy: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 19 letter points · starts with J · ends with Y
Meaning of jimmy
noun
- Maine, Mid-Atlantic, US, dialectal, plural, plural-only
Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
Example: chocolate jimmies; rainbow jimmies
- slang
A marijuana cigarette.
- informal
A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
- US
A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
Listed forms: jimmies, jemmy.
Source: Wiktionary — jimmy.
verb
- informal, transitive
To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.
Listed forms: jimmies, jimmying, jimmied, jemmy.
Source: Wiktionary — jimmy.
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 jimmy.
noun
a short crowbar
verb
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is jimmy in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of jimmy
J(8) + I(1) + M(3) + M(3) + Y(4) = 19 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 jimmy
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 jimmy
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in jimmy. Showing up to 24, longest first.