ZONK is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ZONK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZONK?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZONK is to know. It scores 17 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZONK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zonksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZONK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZONK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What stands out about ZONK
- ZONK scores 17 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZONK mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To hit or stun somebody.
Zonk is American and imitative, and the commonest use now is zonked out, meaning exhausted or unconscious. It arrived in the 1950s and has already shifted sense once in that time.
How ZONK is used
Zonked, zonking. Chiefly in zonked out.
- The heat zonked everybody by two in the afternoon.
- The word zonk imitates the sound of a blow.
- He was zonked out on the sofa before nine.
- Zonk arrived in the 1950s and changed sense once.
- Two hours of that and anybody would be zonked.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZONK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZONK
4 longer words begin with ZONK.
Shorter words from the letters in ZONK
Common questions about ZONK
- Is ZONK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZONK, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZONK worth?
- ZONK is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZONK mean?
- To hit or stun somebody.
- What letters can be added to ZONK?
- ZONK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZONK:
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