jitterbug
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 24
- Letters
- 9
/ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)bʌɡ/
Definition of jitterbug
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (colloquial)A nervous or jittery person.
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noun
- (colloquial)A nervous or jittery person.
- A jazz musician or aficionado.
- An uptempo jazz or swing dance which embellishes on the two-step pattern and frequently incorporates acrobatic style swing steps.
- Synonym of diddley bow (“type of stringed instrument”).
verb
- To dance the jitterbug.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From jitter + bug, after the 1934 Cab Calloway song “Jitter Bug”.
Words you can make from jitterbug
111 playable · top: JIBER (14 pts)
Best play jiber 14 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
18 words4-letter words
32 words- JIBE 13 pts
- JUBE 13 pts
- JUTE 11 pts
- BERG 7 pts
- BRIG 7 pts
- BURG 7 pts
- GIBE 7 pts
- GRUB 7 pts
- BIER 6 pts
- BITE 6 pts
- BITT 6 pts
- BRIE 6 pts
- BRIT 6 pts
- BRUT 6 pts
- BUTE 6 pts
- BUTT 6 pts
- RUBE 6 pts
- TUBE 6 pts
- GIRT 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GRIT 5 pts
- GRUE 5 pts
- TEGU 5 pts
- TRIG 5 pts
- TRUG 5 pts
- URGE 5 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
- TRUE 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- JIB 12 pts
- JIG 11 pts
- JUG 11 pts
- JET 10 pts
- JEU 10 pts
- JUT 10 pts
- BEG 6 pts
- BIG 6 pts
- BUG 6 pts
- GIB 6 pts
- BET 5 pts
- BIT 5 pts
- BUR 5 pts
- BUT 5 pts
- REB 5 pts
- RIB 5 pts
- RUB 5 pts
- TUB 5 pts
- URB 5 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- GUT 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- RUG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- TUG 4 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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