BUNYA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BUNYA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUNYA?
| 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 BUNYA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUNYA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bunyasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUNYA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUNYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does BUNYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianbotany
A tall Australian coniferous tree, the bunya pine, related to the monkey puzzle and grown for its large cones of edible seeds.
Bunya, short for bunya pine, names a towering conifer native to Queensland that produces huge cones packed with nut-like seeds once gathered and eaten by Aboriginal communities at seasonal feasts. The tree is related to the monkey puzzle and is easy to recognise by its domed crown and sharp, spirally arranged leaves.
How BUNYA is used
Mainly botanical and Australian; the plain word bunya is short for bunya pine.
- The bunya towered over the rest of the forest canopy.
- Every few years the bunya drops enormous cones onto the path below.
- They roasted seeds gathered from the fallen bunya cones.
- Botanists planted a young bunya in the arboretum decades ago.
- The old bunya is one of the tallest trees in the park.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUNYA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUNYA
3 longer words begin with BUNYA.
Shorter words from the letters in BUNYA
Common questions about BUNYA
- Is BUNYA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUNYA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUNYA worth?
- BUNYA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUNYA mean?
- A tall Australian coniferous tree, the bunya pine, related to the monkey puzzle and grown for its large cones of edible seeds.
- What letters can be added to BUNYA?
- BUNYA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUNYA:
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