BHUNA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BHUNA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BHUNA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BHUNA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BHUNA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bhunasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BHUNA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BHUNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does BHUNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A medium-hot, dry-fried curry made by cooking meat with spices at high temperature until most of the liquid evaporates.
Bhuna refers to a cooking technique from Bengal as much as to the dish itself, where meat and spice paste are fried and stirred over strong heat rather than simmered in a thin sauce, leaving a thick, richly coated result. The same word is also spelled bhoona, and it now appears widely on curry house menus outside India as a specific style rather than a generic curry.
How BHUNA is used
Culinary term, common in Indian and British Indian restaurant English.
- The menu listed a lamb bhuna alongside milder korma dishes.
- She fried the onions down slowly to get a proper bhuna texture.
- A good bhuna should look dry and dark, not swimming in sauce.
- He ordered chicken bhuna because he liked its concentrated spice.
- The recipe calls the technique bhuna, frying rather than boiling the meat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BHUNA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BHUNA
1 longer words begin with BHUNA.
Shorter words from the letters in BHUNA
Common questions about BHUNA
- Is BHUNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BHUNA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BHUNA worth?
- BHUNA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BHUNA mean?
- A medium-hot, dry-fried curry made by cooking meat with spices at high temperature until most of the liquid evaporates.
- What letters can be added to BHUNA?
- BHUNA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BHUNA:
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