STONK is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. STONK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STONK?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STONK is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STONK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stonksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STONK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in STONK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about STONK
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STONK mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
A heavy, concentrated bombardment of artillery fire directed at a target.
Stonk began as British and Commonwealth military slang, describing a sudden, intense barrage that soldiers might call down on an enemy position rather than steady, ongoing shelling. The same word works as a verb, so troops could speak of a position being stonked rather than merely shelled. Because it began as informal soldiers' slang, dictionaries mark stonk as slang or military jargon rather than standard vocabulary, and it appears mainly in accounts of twentieth-century warfare. Outside military history and fiction about war, the word is rarely met in everyday English.
How STONK is used
Informal, chiefly military slang; the related verb stonk takes a direct object, as in stonk the ridge.
- The battalion called in a stonk on the enemy trench line.
- A sudden stonk forced the patrol to take cover.
- Veterans still spoke of the stonk that hit the village.
- Command ordered a heavy stonk before the infantry advanced.
- The ridge was flattened by a relentless stonk of shellfire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STONK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STONK
The 5 tiles of STONK in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with STONK
7 longer words begin with STONK.
Shorter words from the letters in STONK
Common questions about STONK
- Is STONK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STONK, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STONK worth?
- STONK is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STONK mean?
- A heavy, concentrated bombardment of artillery fire directed at a target.
- What letters can be added to STONK?
- STONK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of STONK:
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