BUNA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BUNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUNA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUNA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUNA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUNA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BUNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does BUNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
trademarkchemistry
A synthetic rubber made by polymerizing butadiene, originally sold under this trademarked name.
Buna was developed as an artificial substitute for natural rubber, produced by joining together molecules of butadiene, sometimes together with styrene or acrylonitrile. Though it began as a brand name, buna is now used generically for this family of synthetic rubbers in industrial and chemical contexts.
How BUNA is used
Chiefly technical, appearing in chemistry and manufacturing contexts rather than everyday speech.
- The seals in the pump were made of buna rather than natural rubber.
- Buna resists oil better than many other synthetic rubbers.
- Engineers chose buna for the gasket because of its durability.
- The factory produced buna by polymerizing butadiene.
- Buna gloves are common in workshops that handle solvents.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUNA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUNA
1 longer words begin with BUNA.
Words ending in BUNA
2 words end in BUNA. Useful as a back hook: play BUNA onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUNA inside
7 words contain BUNA in the middle. Words that start with BUNA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUNA
Common questions about BUNA
- Is BUNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUNA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUNA worth?
- BUNA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUNA mean?
- A synthetic rubber made by polymerizing butadiene, originally sold under this trademarked name.
- What letters can be added to BUNA?
- BUNA takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BUNA:
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