JUNK is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. JUNK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JUNK?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JUNK is to know. It scores 15 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUNK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JUNK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JUNK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 163,384.
What does JUNK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Discarded material of no value.
Junk was a nautical word for old rope before it meant rubbish, and salt beef at sea was called junk for the same reason. A separate junk is a Chinese sailing ship, and that one came from Malay.
How JUNK is used
Uncountable for rubbish; countable for a ship.
- The junk in that garage is worth less than the space.
- The word junk once meant old rope at sea.
- They junked the whole system and started again.
- A junk is a Chinese ship and an unrelated word.
- Salt beef was called junk because it was as tough as rope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUNK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JUNK
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with JUNK.
Words ending in JUNK
1 words end in JUNK. Useful as a back hook: play JUNK onto a word already on the board.
Words with JUNK inside
2 words contain JUNK in the middle. Words that start with JUNK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in JUNK
Common questions about JUNK
- Is JUNK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JUNK, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JUNK worth?
- JUNK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUNK mean?
- Discarded material of no value.
- What letters can be added to JUNK?
- JUNK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JUNK:
Open JUNK in the Word Finder