KRUNK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. KRUNK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept KRUNK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KRUNK is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KRUNK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
krunksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KRUNK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KRUNK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 2 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. KRUNK needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about KRUNK
- KRUNK 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 KRUNK mean in Scrabble?
noun
musicNorth Americaninformal
A style of hip-hop music that developed in the southern United States, marked by shouted vocals and a heavy, repetitive beat.
Krunk grew out of club scenes in Atlanta and Memphis in the late 1990s, where DJs slowed dense beats down to a stomping tempo that suited call-and-response shouting rather than fast rapping. The name is usually explained as a blend of crazy and drunk, matching the loud, high-energy atmosphere the music was made for. Some writers spell the same style crunk, and both spellings name the same genre in dictionaries that enter the word.
How KRUNK is used
Used mainly in writing about music genres; a listener is more likely to hear the beat called krunk than to see the word in print.
- The DJ dropped a krunk track that had the whole club chanting along.
- Critics describe krunk as louder and rawer than mainstream rap of the same decade.
- Her older brother still keeps a shelf of krunk albums from his teenage years.
- The documentary traces how krunk spread from Atlanta clubs to national radio.
- Some fans argue that krunk and crunk simply name the same sound two different ways.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KRUNK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KRUNK
2 longer words begin with KRUNK.
Shorter words from the letters in KRUNK
Common questions about KRUNK
- Is KRUNK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KRUNK is not in it.
- How many points is KRUNK worth?
- KRUNK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KRUNK mean?
- A style of hip-hop music that developed in the southern United States, marked by shouted vocals and a heavy, repetitive beat.
- What letters can be added to KRUNK?
- KRUNK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KRUNK:
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