PUTON is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PUTON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUTON?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUTON is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
putonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUTON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does PUTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A hoax, prank, or piece of exaggerated pretense meant to deceive or tease someone.
A puton works by convincing its target to take something seriously that was never meant sincerely, whether that means an elaborate practical joke or a performance staged purely for effect. Journalists sometimes use puton to describe a hoax story planted to fool readers or rival reporters, while in everyday speech people call any obvious exaggeration or affectation a puton. The word writes the phrase put-on as a single unhyphenated word and is used mainly as a noun.
How PUTON is used
Informal noun, closely related to the more common hyphenated form put-on.
- The interview turned out to be an elaborate puton.
- Reporters quickly realized the story was a puton.
- His shocked reaction was clearly a puton for the cameras.
- She saw through the puton within a few seconds.
- The whole prank was staged as a harmless puton.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PUTON
The 5 tiles of PUTON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PUTON
3 longer words begin with PUTON.
Shorter words from the letters in PUTON
Common questions about PUTON
- Is PUTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUTON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUTON worth?
- PUTON is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUTON mean?
- A hoax, prank, or piece of exaggerated pretense meant to deceive or tease someone.
- What letters can be added to PUTON?
- PUTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUTON:
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