Definition of jam

"jam" in the noun sense

1. jam

preserve of crushed fruit

2. fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

informal terms for a difficult situation

"he got into a terrible fix"

"he made a muddle of his marriage"

3. crush, jam, press

a dense crowd of people

4. jamming, electronic jamming, jam

deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

"jam" in the verb sense

1. throng, mob, pack, pile, jam

press tightly together or cram

"The crowd packed the auditorium"

2. jam

push down forcibly

"The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor"

3. jam, crush

crush or bruise

"jam a toe"

4. jam, block

interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

"Jam the Voice of America"

"block the signals emitted by this station"

5. jam

get stuck and immobilized

"the mechanism jammed"

6. jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad

crowd or pack to capacity

"the theater was jampacked"

7. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up

block passage through

"obstruct the path"

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jam in Scrabble®

The word jam is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters jam:

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The 32 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In jam

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jam in Words With Friends™

The word jam is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters jam:

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The 33 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In jam

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Words within the letters of jam

2 letter words in jam (2 words)

3 letter words in jam (1 word)

jam + 1 blank (2 words)

jam + 2 blanks (4 words)

Word Growth involving jam

Shorter words in jam

am

Longer words containing jam

jamb doorjamb doorjambs

jamb jambalaya jambalayas

jamb jamboree jamborees

jamb jambs doorjambs

jamb sjambok sjambokked

jamb sjambok sjambokking

jamb sjambok sjamboks

jamjar jamjars

jamlike

jammed unjammed

jammer jammers windjammers

jammer windjammer windjammers

jammier

jammiest

jamming jammings windjammings

jamming unjamming

jamming windjamming windjammings

jammy

jampacked

jampot jampots

jams logjams

jams unjams

logjam logjams

pajama pajamas

pyjama pyjamaed

pyjama pyjamas

unjam unjammable

unjam unjammed

unjam unjamming

unjam unjams