SUNKEN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SUNKEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUNKEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUNKEN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUNKEN
No single letter turns SUNKEN into another word.
How SUNKEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SUNKEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 413,907.
What does SUNKEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lying below the surrounding level, either under water or set down into the ground, or hollow from illness.
Unlike its everyday parent sink, sunken is used almost only before a noun: a sunken ship, a sunken garden, sunken cheeks. A sunken garden is built deliberately below ground level, while a sunken ship lies on the bottom of the sea. Applied to eyes or cheeks, sunken suggests a gaunt, tired or unwell face.
How SUNKEN is used
Mostly placed before a noun; the verb form sunk is preferred after is or has.
- Divers found a sunken galleon off the coast.
- The house has a sunken living room with three steps down.
- Illness left his cheeks pale and sunken.
- We ate lunch in the sunken garden.
- The sunken treasure was never recovered.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUNKEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SUNKEN
Common questions about SUNKEN
- Is SUNKEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUNKEN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUNKEN worth?
- SUNKEN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUNKEN mean?
- Lying below the surrounding level, either under water or set down into the ground, or hollow from illness.
- What letters can be added to SUNKEN?
- No single letter can be added to SUNKEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SUNKEN:
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