HUNCH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HUNCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUNCH?
| 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 HUNCH 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 HUNCH
No single letter turns HUNCH into another word.
How HUNCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HUNCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,568 thousand.
What stands out about HUNCH
- HUNCH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HUNCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than on facts or firm evidence.
A hunch forms quickly, often without a person being able to explain exactly why they feel a certain way about a situation. People rely on a hunch when there is not enough information to reach a firm conclusion, yet the feeling still guides a choice or a warning. Detectives, gamblers, and ordinary people alike talk about following a hunch, meaning they act on instinct rather than proof. The related verb hunch, meaning to bend the back and shoulders forward, comes from a different, though related, older use of the word.
How HUNCH is used
Common in everyday speech, especially in the phrase have a hunch or follow a hunch.
- She had a hunch that something was wrong before the phone even rang.
- His hunch about the weather turned out to be correct.
- The detective followed a hunch that led straight to the missing key.
- I can't prove it, but I have a hunch he is hiding something.
- Her hunch paid off when the stock price rose the next week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUNCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUNCH
6 longer words begin with HUNCH.
Shorter words from the letters in HUNCH
Common questions about HUNCH
- Is HUNCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUNCH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUNCH worth?
- HUNCH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUNCH mean?
- A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than on facts or firm evidence.
- What letters can be added to HUNCH?
- No single letter can be added to HUNCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HUNCH:
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