BUNJY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. BUNJY 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 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BUNJY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUNJY is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUNJY
No single letter turns BUNJY into another word.
How BUNJY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUNJY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 784,245.
What does BUNJY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A strong elastic rubber rope, also spelled bungee, bungy or bunjie.
A bunjy is the stretchy cord used to hold down loose loads, secure luggage, or, in its best-known modern use, attach a jumper's ankles in bungee jumping. The many spellings of the word all describe the same simple rubber-cored rope.
How BUNJY is used
Informal; the spelling bungee is now far more common than bunjy.
- He looped a bunjy over the boxes to keep them from sliding in the van.
- The tent flap was held shut with an old bunjy.
- She packed a spare bunjy in case the roof rack strap broke.
- The kayak was lashed to the roof with two bunjy cords.
- A frayed bunjy is more likely to snap under sudden strain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUNJY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BUNJY
Common questions about BUNJY
- Is BUNJY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BUNJY is not in it.
- How many points is BUNJY worth?
- BUNJY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUNJY mean?
- A strong elastic rubber rope, also spelled bungee, bungy or bunjie.
- What letters can be added to BUNJY?
- No single letter can be added to BUNJY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUNJY:
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