BUNRAKU is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BUNRAKU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUNRAKU?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUNRAKU is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUNRAKU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bunrakusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUNRAKU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BUNRAKU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does BUNRAKU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional Japanese puppet theatre in which large puppets are worked by visible puppeteers dressed in black.
In bunraku a chanter narrates the story to the music of a shamisen while three handlers move each puppet. Audiences quickly stop noticing the dark figures and follow the delicate movements of the puppets.
How BUNRAKU is used
Bunraku names both the art form and a performance of it.
- We watched a bunraku play in Osaka.
- Bunraku puppets can be nearly as tall as a child.
- The narrator's voice carried the whole bunraku scene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUNRAKU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUNRAKU
1 longer words begin with BUNRAKU.
Shorter words from the letters in BUNRAKU
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Common questions about BUNRAKU
- Is BUNRAKU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUNRAKU, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUNRAKU worth?
- BUNRAKU is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUNRAKU mean?
- A traditional Japanese puppet theatre in which large puppets are worked by visible puppeteers dressed in black.
- What letters can be added to BUNRAKU?
- BUNRAKU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BUNRAKU:
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