FUN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FUN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUN?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUN is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FUN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does FUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Enjoyment, or something that provides it.
Fun became an adjective within living memory and the change is still resisted: a fun evening was wrong in 1960 and is unremarkable now. The comparative funner remains a step too far for most people, and that is exactly where the argument sits at present.
How FUN is used
Uncountable. Also an adjective, which some still object to.
- The whole thing was more fun than anybody expected.
- A fun evening is a phrase that would have been wrong in 1960.
- They had fun and broke nothing.
- Nobody says funner without noticing themselves doing it.
- Fun as an adjective is younger than most people using it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FUN
Showing 24 of 177 words that begin with FUN.
Words with FUN inside
Showing 24 of 113 words that contain FUN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FUN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FUN
Common questions about FUN
- Is FUN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUN worth?
- FUN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUN mean?
- Enjoyment, or something that provides it.
- What letters can be added to FUN?
- FUN takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FUN:
Open FUN in the Word Finder