DUNCE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DUNCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUNCE?
| 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 DUNCE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUNCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
duncesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUNCE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DUNCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does DUNCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person regarded as slow to learn or lacking in intelligence.
Dunce is an old insult for someone thought foolish or unable to learn, most famous today through the image of the dunce cap once placed on a poorly performing pupil in class. The word actually comes from the name of the medieval philosopher John Duns Scotus, whose later followers were mocked by Renaissance scholars as stubborn thinkers, which slowly turned dunce into a byword for stupidity. It is used informally and can sound harsh, so it appears more in casual complaint than in careful or polite description.
How DUNCE is used
Informal and somewhat old-fashioned, often linked to the schoolroom image of the dunce cap.
- He felt like a dunce after forgetting the simple answer.
- The teacher never used a dunce cap, even for the slowest pupils.
- Stop calling yourself a dunce over one mistake.
- The old textbook joked about the class dunce in the back row.
- She was no dunce, just nervous during the test.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUNCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUNCE
6 longer words begin with DUNCE.
Words ending in DUNCE
1 words end in DUNCE. Useful as a back hook: play DUNCE onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUNCE inside
2 words contain DUNCE in the middle. Words that start with DUNCE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUNCE
Common questions about DUNCE
- Is DUNCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUNCE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUNCE worth?
- DUNCE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUNCE mean?
- A person regarded as slow to learn or lacking in intelligence.
- What letters can be added to DUNCE?
- DUNCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DUNCE:
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