HUNNISH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HUNNISH 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 HUNNISH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUNNISH is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUNNISH
No single letter turns HUNNISH into another word.
How HUNNISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HUNNISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,411 thousand.
What stands out about HUNNISH
- HUNNISH 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 HUNNISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Of or like the Huns, the nomadic warriors who invaded Europe in the fifth century.
Hunnish refers to the Huns themselves, but it has often been used loosely as an insult for anything seen as barbaric or destructive. Because of that second use, careful writers prefer plain description over the word hunnish. It is now mostly met in older texts and wartime writing.
How HUNNISH is used
Hunnish is a dated word, seen in historical writing and old propaganda.
- The chronicle describes a hunnish raid on the border towns.
- Old newspapers called the enemy hunnish in their headlines.
- The museum shows hunnish arrowheads found near the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUNNISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HUNNISH
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Common questions about HUNNISH
- Is HUNNISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUNNISH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUNNISH worth?
- HUNNISH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUNNISH mean?
- Of or like the Huns, the nomadic warriors who invaded Europe in the fifth century.
- What letters can be added to HUNNISH?
- No single letter can be added to HUNNISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HUNNISH:
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