HUNK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HUNK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUNK?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUNK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUNK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUNK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HUNK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does HUNK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large piece cut or broken from something.
Hunk for an attractive man is American and from the 1940s, and it grew out of the idea of size rather than of shape. The original sense came into English from Dutch or Low German.
How HUNK is used
Countable: a hunk, two hunks.
- A hunk of bread and a piece of hard cheese.
- The word hunk for a man is American and from the 1940s.
- Two hunks of the same loaf and one of them stale.
- A hunk is torn off and a slice is cut.
- The older sense of hunk came from Dutch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUNK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUNK
10 longer words begin with HUNK.
Words ending in HUNK
2 words end in HUNK. Useful as a back hook: play HUNK onto a word already on the board.
Words with HUNK inside
13 words contain HUNK in the middle. Words that start with HUNK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HUNK
Common questions about HUNK
- Is HUNK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUNK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUNK worth?
- HUNK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUNK mean?
- A large piece cut or broken from something.
- What letters can be added to HUNK?
- HUNK takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HUNK:
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