LUNK is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LUNK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUNK?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUNK is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUNK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUNK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in LUNK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does LUNK mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A slow-witted person.
Lunk is short for a longer American compound and dates from the nineteenth century. It suggests physical size along with slowness, which the longer form does more openly.
How LUNK is used
Countable: a lunk, two lunks. Informal.
- Some lunk had put the boxes in upside down.
- The word lunk is short for a longer compound.
- Two lunks and one very small doorway.
- Lunk suggests size as well as slowness.
- The longer form behind lunk says so more openly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUNK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LUNK
6 longer words begin with LUNK.
Words ending in LUNK
7 words end in LUNK. Useful as a back hook: play LUNK onto a word already on the board.
Words with LUNK inside
Showing 24 of 47 words that contain LUNK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LUNK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LUNK
Common questions about LUNK
- Is LUNK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUNK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUNK worth?
- LUNK is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUNK mean?
- A slow-witted person.
- What letters can be added to LUNK?
- LUNK takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of LUNK:
Open LUNK in the Word Finder