BUNCO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BUNCO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUNCO?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUNCO is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUNCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
buncosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUNCO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUNCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does BUNCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A swindle or confidence trick, especially one that cheats a victim through a rigged game or a fabricated scheme.
Bunco describes a con artist's scheme built on deception rather than force, often involving a rigged game of chance or a fabricated story designed to separate a victim from money. The word is chiefly American in origin and gave its name to bunco squads, police units once assigned to investigate confidence rackets and street swindles. Bunco is also spelled bunko, and both forms appear in American slang dating back to the nineteenth century.
How BUNCO is used
Informal, North American; often heard in the phrase bunco squad or bunco game, describing organized swindling.
- The bunco squad arrested three men running a rigged card game downtown.
- Investigators traced the bunco scheme to a fake lottery mailing.
- He warned tourists about a common bunco played near the train station.
- The old bunco relied on a stacked deck and a convincing story.
- Police say the bunco cost elderly victims thousands of dollars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUNCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUNCO
6 longer words begin with BUNCO.
Shorter words from the letters in BUNCO
Common questions about BUNCO
- Is BUNCO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUNCO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUNCO worth?
- BUNCO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUNCO mean?
- A swindle or confidence trick, especially one that cheats a victim through a rigged game or a fabricated scheme.
- What letters can be added to BUNCO?
- BUNCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUNCO:
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