SUN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. SUN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in SUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about SUN
- The same 3 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 SUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The star at the centre of our solar system.
Sun takes a capital in astronomy and none in ordinary writing, which is a convention rather than a rule and is followed inconsistently everywhere. The verb, to sun yourself, is older than the scientific use of the noun.
How SUN is used
Usually with the. Capitalised in astronomy.
- The sun came out for eleven minutes in total.
- Astronomy capitalises sun and ordinary writing does not.
- They sunned themselves on a wall until it clouded over.
- Two suns in a sky is a science fiction cover.
- The word sun as a verb is older than the astronomy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUN
The 3 tiles of SUN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SUN
Showing 24 of 216 words that begin with SUN.
Words ending in SUN
2 words end in SUN. Useful as a back hook: play SUN onto a word already on the board.
Words with SUN inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain SUN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SUN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SUN
Common questions about SUN
- Is SUN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUN worth?
- SUN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUN mean?
- The star at the centre of our solar system.
- What letters can be added to SUN?
- SUN takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of SUN:
Open SUN in the Word Finder