JUNKY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. JUNKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JUNKY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JUNKY is to know. It scores 19 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JUNKY
No single letter turns JUNKY into another word.
How JUNKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in JUNKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,568 thousand.
What stands out about JUNKY
- JUNKY scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JUNKY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalslang
A person addicted to drugs, especially heroin or other narcotics.
The word junky pictures someone whose life is dominated by the need for a drug. It is often used bluntly rather than sympathetically about people with an addiction.
How JUNKY is used
Informal and often disparaging; used mainly of drug addiction.
- The film followed a junky trying to get clean.
- Neighbours complained about a junky sleeping in the stairwell.
- He used to be a junky before he entered treatment.
- The novel is narrated by a junky recalling his worst years.
- She volunteers at a shelter that helps every junky find housing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JUNKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JUNKY
2 longer words begin with JUNKY.
Shorter words from the letters in JUNKY
Common questions about JUNKY
- Is JUNKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JUNKY, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JUNKY worth?
- JUNKY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JUNKY mean?
- A person addicted to drugs, especially heroin or other narcotics.
- What letters can be added to JUNKY?
- No single letter can be added to JUNKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of JUNKY:
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