Word: JACKKNIFE
๐ Linguistic Statistics & Letter Breakdown
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Definition of JACKKNIFE
- A compact folding knife.
"He kept a jack-knife in his pocket for various tasks."
- The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds.
"It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife"
- A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife.
"I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road."
- To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.
"The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet."
- To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.
"Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed the truck."
- A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Source: Definitions compiled dynamically via Free Dictionary API.
๐ Word Pattern Notes
While its precise historical etymology is unclear, it conforms to typical English phonetic and structural rules.
๐ฃ๏ธ Example Sentences
- โข "The referee verified that "jackknife" is a valid word under current dictionary rules."
- โข "During the final turn of the Scrabble tournament, he played "jackknife" to secure the victory."
๐ก Interesting Word Trivia & Facts
Contains the letter "J", one of the rarest and highest scoring tiles in Scrabble, carrying a base value of up to 10 points.
๐ฏ Scrabble Board Placement & Usage Tips
Keep this word in mind when holding the high-scoring tiles. Landing the premium consonant on a Double/Triple Letter score increases efficiency.
Dictionary Validity
| Dictionary Lexicon | Status | Base Value |
|---|---|---|
| TWL (US/Canada Scrabble) | โ Valid | 29 pts |
| SOWPODS (UK/International Scrabble) | โ Valid | 29 pts |
| ENABLE (Words With Friends Lexicon) | โ Valid | 33 pts |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is JACKKNIFE a valid Scrabble word? โผ
How many points is JACKKNIFE worth in Scrabble? โผ
How many syllables are in JACKKNIFE? โผ
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๐ Common Phrases & Idioms
Here are some popular expressions, phrases, and collocations containing JACKKNIFE:
- # the jackknife effect
- # master of jackknife
- # playing with jackknife
- # in terms of jackknife
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