TUN is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. TUN 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 TUN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does TUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large cask, or the old measure of wine it held.
A tun ran to about two hundred and fifty gallons, and it is where the ton comes from: the weight was settled by what a cask of that size did to a ship. Brewers still call the vessel a mash tun, so the word has survived in one trade after leaving every other.
How TUN is used
Countable: a tun, two tuns. Survives chiefly in the compound mash tun.
- The mash tun holds enough for a week of brewing.
- A tun of wine was a serious cargo in a small ship.
- They rolled the tun down the ramp on two planks.
- The word ton comes from the tun and the way it loaded.
- One tun of that size will not go through the door.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TUN
The 3 tiles of TUN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TUN
Showing 24 of 92 words that begin with TUN.
Words ending in TUN
5 words end in TUN. Useful as a back hook: play TUN onto a word already on the board.
Words with TUN inside
Showing 24 of 222 words that contain TUN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TUN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TUN
Common questions about TUN
- Is TUN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUN, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUN worth?
- TUN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUN mean?
- A large cask, or the old measure of wine it held.
- What letters can be added to TUN?
- TUN takes 7 hooks: 1 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TUN:
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