JERRYMANDERS
12 letters · 4 syllables · noun, verb
Definition of JERRYMANDERS
Any arachnid belonging to the order Solifugae.
The act of gerrymandering.
"By this iniquitous practice, which is known as the gerrymander, the party in a minority in each State is allowed to get only about one-half or one-quarter of its proper share of representation."
A voting district skewed by gerrymandering.
"Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across 4 counties while carving up neighborhoods in half."
To divide a geographic area into voting districts in such a way as to give an unfair advantage to one party in an election.
(by extension) To draw dividing lines for other types of districts in an unintuitive way to favor a particular group or for other perceived gain.
"The superintendent helped gerrymander the school district lines in order to keep the children of the wealthy gated community in the better school all the way across town."
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Examples of JERRYMANDERS in a Sentence
- "By this iniquitous practice, which is known as the gerrymander, the party in a minority in each State is allowed to get only about one-half or one-quarter of its proper share of representation."
- "Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across 4 counties while carving up neighborhoods in half."
- "The superintendent helped gerrymander the school district lines in order to keep the children of the wealthy gated community in the better school all the way across town."
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Is JERRYMANDERS a Scrabble Word?
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Letter Values for JERRYMANDERS
Point breakdown for each letter in Scrabble and Words With Friends.
| Letter | j | e | r | r | y | m | a | n | d | e | r | s | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrabble | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| WWF | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
Words You Can Make With the Letters in JERRYMANDERS
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How to Use JERRYMANDERS in Word Games
JERRYMANDERS is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words With Friends, making it a high-scoring word.
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