SPELUNK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SPELUNK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPELUNK?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPELUNK is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPELUNK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spelunksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPELUNK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SPELUNK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,737 thousand.
What does SPELUNK mean in Scrabble?
verb
North American
To explore caves as a hobby or sport.
To spelunk is to crawl, climb and squeeze through natural caverns with helmet and torch. The back-formed verb comes from the older noun spelunker and is rarer than it, especially outside the United States.
How SPELUNK is used
Spelunk is mainly American and describes recreational cave exploration.
- They planned to spelunk in the limestone hills.
- Few people want to spelunk without a guide.
- He took up the chance to spelunk on holiday.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPELUNK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPELUNK
6 longer words begin with SPELUNK.
Shorter words from the letters in SPELUNK
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Common questions about SPELUNK
- Is SPELUNK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPELUNK, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPELUNK worth?
- SPELUNK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPELUNK mean?
- To explore caves as a hobby or sport.
- What letters can be added to SPELUNK?
- SPELUNK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SPELUNK:
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