Is “Jigs” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
JIGS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Jigs

/dʒɪɡz/

noun
  1. 1.A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.

  2. 2.A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.

    They danced a jig.

  3. 3.(traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.

verb
  1. 1.To move briskly, especially as a dance.

    The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.

  2. 2.To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.

  3. 3.To fish with a jig.

noun
  1. 1.A black person.