PUNA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PUNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUNA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUNA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUNA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
punasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUNA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PUNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does PUNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A high, cold, treeless plateau region of the Andes Mountains, especially in Peru and Bolivia.
The puna lies at very high altitude, above the tree line, where the air is thin and the climate is dry and cold; the word also names the biting wind that sweeps across this open plateau. Travellers and herders in the Andes speak of crossing the puna long before mountain names became familiar to outsiders.
How PUNA is used
Used mainly in geography and travel writing about the Andes.
- The truck climbed for hours before reaching the open puna above the tree line.
- A thin, cold wind blew steadily across the puna as the herders drove their llamas.
- Few crops survive the puna, so herding rather than farming shapes life there.
- Photographs of the puna show a vast, treeless plain under a pale sky.
- Travelers crossing the puna often struggle with the thin mountain air.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUNA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUNA
8 longer words begin with PUNA.
Words ending in PUNA
3 words end in PUNA. Useful as a back hook: play PUNA onto a word already on the board.
Words with PUNA inside
3 words contain PUNA in the middle. Words that start with PUNA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PUNA
Common questions about PUNA
- Is PUNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUNA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUNA worth?
- PUNA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUNA mean?
- A high, cold, treeless plateau region of the Andes Mountains, especially in Peru and Bolivia.
- What letters can be added to PUNA?
- PUNA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PUNA:
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