TUNNEL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TUNNEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUNNEL?
| 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 TUNNEL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUNNEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tunnelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUNNEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TUNNEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,985.
What does TUNNEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
An underground or underwater passage cut through rock, earth, or water so that people, vehicles, or trains can pass through.
A tunnel is built where going over an obstacle, such as a mountain, river, or busy city, would be slower or more expensive than going through or under it. Engineers tunnel through solid rock with drills and explosives, or dig softer ground and support it with lining as they go. The same word works as a verb, to tunnel, meaning to dig such a passage, and animals like rabbits and moles tunnel through soil for shelter. In physics, quantum tunnelling borrows the image for a particle passing through a barrier it should not classically be able to cross.
How TUNNEL is used
An everyday, general-purpose word used equally in engineering, transport news, and ordinary description of underground passages.
- The train slowed as it entered the long tunnel under the mountain.
- Workers spent three years digging the tunnel beneath the river.
- A rabbit had managed to tunnel right under the garden fence.
- Engineers must reinforce the tunnel walls as they cut deeper into the rock.
- Physicists use the word tunnel to describe a particle crossing a barrier it should not be able to pass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUNNEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUNNEL
12 longer words begin with TUNNEL.
Shorter words from the letters in TUNNEL
Common questions about TUNNEL
- Is TUNNEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUNNEL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUNNEL worth?
- TUNNEL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUNNEL mean?
- An underground or underwater passage cut through rock, earth, or water so that people, vehicles, or trains can pass through.
- What letters can be added to TUNNEL?
- TUNNEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TUNNEL:
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