DUNK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DUNK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUNK?
| 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 DUNK is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUNK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dunksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUNK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DUNK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does DUNK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To dip food into a drink.
Dunk came into American English from Pennsylvania German in the 1910s and reached basketball in the 1930s. Before that English had no single word for the action at all.
How DUNK is used
Dunked, dunking. Also a noun.
- They dunked the biscuit and lost half of it.
- The word dunk came from Pennsylvania German.
- English had no word for dunking before 1910.
- A slam dunk is named from the same action.
- Two dunks and the tea was full of crumbs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUNK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DUNK
The 4 tiles of DUNK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DUNK
6 longer words begin with DUNK.
Words ending in DUNK
1 words end in DUNK. Useful as a back hook: play DUNK onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUNK inside
1 words contain DUNK in the middle. Words that start with DUNK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUNK
Common questions about DUNK
- Is DUNK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUNK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUNK worth?
- DUNK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUNK mean?
- To dip food into a drink.
- What letters can be added to DUNK?
- DUNK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DUNK:
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