PUNK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PUNK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUNK?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUNK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUNK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUNK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PUNK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does PUNK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A follower of a rebellious music style.
Punk meant rotten wood and then a worthless person for three centuries before the music took the name in 1976. The musicians adopted an insult deliberately, which is a very common pattern.
How PUNK is used
Countable and uncountable. Also an adjective.
- The word punk meant rotten wood before anything else.
- A punk in 1900 was a worthless person and nothing musical.
- Punk took an insult and wore it on purpose.
- Two punk bands from the same street and the same year.
- The music adopted punk in 1976.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUNK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUNK
22 longer words begin with PUNK.
Words ending in PUNK
7 words end in PUNK. Useful as a back hook: play PUNK onto a word already on the board.
Words with PUNK inside
17 words contain PUNK in the middle. Words that start with PUNK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PUNK
Common questions about PUNK
- Is PUNK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUNK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUNK worth?
- PUNK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUNK mean?
- A follower of a rebellious music style.
- What letters can be added to PUNK?
- PUNK takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PUNK:
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