Punka is valid Scrabble Word

Is punka a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is punka valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

5 letters word
11 points in Scrabble
14 points in WWF

Definitions for PUNKA in dictionary:

NOUN:

a ceiling fan used in India, also PUNKAH
(especially in India) a fan, especially a large, swinging, screenlike fan hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant or by machinery.
fan made of a palm leaf or leaves
A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord.

ADJECTIVE:

of, pertaining to, used on, or working a punkah: punkah ropes.

Words related to PUNKA

punkah15 punkas12

Words that contain PUNKA

punkah15 punkas12 punkahs16

How to use PUNKA in a sentence

A vigorous exclamation brings him to his feet all standing, and he begins to pull the punka with all his might, and you have a feeling of ease and coolness.
The function of a punka is to cause a current of air to pass the human body so that the animal heat may escape more rapidly.
Well, to keep the skin at an agreeable temperature in India we generally wear a minimum of clothing, and when there is no breeze, we try to produce one with the punka.
We shall begin by directing our attention to the suspended punka, which is usually hung from the ceiling, and put in movement by a cord.
There are some very important natural laws which are illustrated in the punka.
You cannot, therefore, alter the natural rate of movement of a punka unless you pull it at both sides.
We shall now proceed to examine several forms of punka, all made to the same size, and, for purposes of comparison, we shall drive them all at the same speed.
The limit of movement of a punka is to be found in the man who pulls it.
Twenty-four pulls a minute of a length of 36 inches give in practice a speed of 168 linear feet to the punka curtain.
Fahrenheit, and as a considerable quantity of air is put in motion, the power required to drive a punka depends upon the quantity of air it puts in motion in a given time.

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