BUNKUM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BUNKUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUNKUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUNKUM is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUNKUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bunkumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUNKUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUNKUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.
What does BUNKUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Empty, insincere talk meant to impress, flatter or win approval; nonsense.
Speakers who call something bunkum mean that it sounds important but has nothing behind it. The word grew out of political speech-making aimed at pleasing voters back home, and it has since come to cover any show of words without substance. A shorter form, bunk, is common in everyday talk, while bunkum is a little more formal and bookish.
How BUNKUM is used
Informal; used to dismiss claims, advertising and speeches as hollow or false.
- He dismissed the whole theory as bunkum.
- The advertisement was pure bunkum from start to finish.
- Nobody believed the bunkum in the candidate speech.
- She had no patience for bunkum about miracle diets.
- What the pamphlet calls science is plain bunkum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUNKUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUNKUM
1 longer words begin with BUNKUM.
Shorter words from the letters in BUNKUM
Common questions about BUNKUM
- Is BUNKUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUNKUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUNKUM worth?
- BUNKUM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUNKUM mean?
- Empty, insincere talk meant to impress, flatter or win approval; nonsense.
- What letters can be added to BUNKUM?
- BUNKUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUNKUM:
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