GUNKY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GUNKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUNKY?
| 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 GUNKY is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUNKY
No single letter turns GUNKY into another word.
How GUNKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GUNKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does GUNKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Covered with or resembling gunk; dirty, sticky and unpleasant to the touch.
Gunky describes anything coated in a thick, sticky, unpleasant substance, such as a gunky filter clogged with grease or gunky hands after fixing an engine. The word comes directly from the informal noun gunk, meaning any unidentified sticky mess, and keeps the same casual, slightly disgusted tone. People use gunky in everyday speech far more than in technical writing, since it does not name a specific substance but rather describes an unpleasant general impression. It is common in complaints about cleaning, cooking or repair work gone messy.
How GUNKY is used
Informal; used casually to complain about anything sticky, greasy or messy to handle.
- The old fan blades were gunky with years of dust and grease.
- His hands were gunky after changing the car's oil.
- She scraped the gunky residue off the bottom of the pan.
- The drain was gunky and slow after months of neglect.
- The keyboard felt gunky from spilled soda.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUNKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GUNKY
Common questions about GUNKY
- Is GUNKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUNKY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUNKY worth?
- GUNKY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUNKY mean?
- Covered with or resembling gunk; dirty, sticky and unpleasant to the touch.
- What letters can be added to GUNKY?
- No single letter can be added to GUNKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GUNKY:
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