NUN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. NUN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NUN?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NUN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nunsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NUN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in NUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,695.
What stands out about NUN
- NUN is a palindrome: it reads the same in both directions, so it plays the same way whichever end you build from.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A woman who has taken religious vows.
Nun came from a late Latin word that was a respectful term for an older woman, and the masculine form of it gives Italian its word for a grandfather. A separate nun is the fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
How NUN is used
Countable: a nun, two nuns.
- A nun of that order teaches and does not travel.
- The word nun was once a respectful term for an older woman.
- Two nuns ran the whole school for thirty years.
- A nun in Hebrew is a letter and not a person.
- The Latin word behind nun has a male form that survives in Italian.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NUN
Showing 24 of 43 words that begin with NUN.
Words with NUN inside
Showing 24 of 102 words that contain NUN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NUN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NUN
Common questions about NUN
- Is NUN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUN, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUN worth?
- NUN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUN mean?
- A woman who has taken religious vows.
- What letters can be added to NUN?
- NUN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of NUN:
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