Definitions For Jackknifing

noun

  • A small knife that has a folding blade
  • A dive in which you bend from the waist and touch your ankles and then straighten out

verb

  • To bend in the middle like a folding jackknife ; especially of a large truck : to have the back part slide out of control toward the front part

Is Jackknifing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
32
Words with Friends
38

The word Jackknifing is worth 32 points in Scrabble and 38 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Jackknifing in a Sentence

  • The truck jackknifed on the icy road.

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