BUN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BUN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUN?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUN is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does BUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small round bread roll.
Bun also names hair gathered into a round knot, and that sense came straight from the shape of the bread. The Chelsea bun is named after the London shop that sold it, and the phrase about a bun in the oven is twentieth-century.
How BUN is used
Countable: a bun, two buns.
- A bun and a cup of tea for less than a pound.
- She wore her hair in a bun for eleven years.
- The Chelsea bun is named after a shop.
- Two buns left and four people looking at them.
- The word bun for hair came from the shape of the bread.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUN
The 3 tiles of BUN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BUN
Showing 24 of 163 words that begin with BUN.
Words ending in BUN
2 words end in BUN. Useful as a back hook: play BUN onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUN inside
Showing 24 of 96 words that contain BUN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BUN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUN
Common questions about BUN
- Is BUN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUN worth?
- BUN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUN mean?
- A small round bread roll.
- What letters can be added to BUN?
- BUN takes 7 hooks: 0 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BUN:
Open BUN in the Word Finder