BLUNK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. BLUNK 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BLUNK?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLUNK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLUNK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
blunksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLUNK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BLUNK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does BLUNK mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To make a mess of a task, in Scots use, by handling it clumsily or without proper care.
The verb survives in Scots speech and older regional writing, where to blunk a job means to make a mess of it. It is close in feeling to botch or fumble but carries a stronger sense of clumsy failure. Outside Scotland the word is rarely heard and is unfamiliar to most English speakers.
How BLUNK is used
Regional Scots usage, seldom found in standard written English.
- He was afraid he would blunk the whole harvest if the weather turned.
- The apprentice managed to blunk the simplest part of the repair.
- Do not blunk this chance the way you blunked the last one.
- She blunked the recipe by forgetting the yeast entirely.
- They say he can blunk even the easiest of tasks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLUNK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLUNK
5 longer words begin with BLUNK.
Shorter words from the letters in BLUNK
Common questions about BLUNK
- Is BLUNK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BLUNK is not in it.
- How many points is BLUNK worth?
- BLUNK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLUNK mean?
- To make a mess of a task, in Scots use, by handling it clumsily or without proper care.
- What letters can be added to BLUNK?
- BLUNK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BLUNK:
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