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   jerkwater

   /ˈdʒəːkˌwɔːtə/

   adjective

   • 1. of or associated with small, remote, and insignificant rural settlements: informal North American "some jerkwater town"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from jerk1 + water, from the need for early railway engines to be supplied with water in remote areas, by dipping a bucket into a stream and ‘jerking’ it out by rope.

   Scrabble Points: 23

   • J

     8

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • K

     5

   • W

     4

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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