Is BUN a Scrabble word?
Yes. BUN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Senses referring to baked goods.
Noun 4 meanings
Senses referring to baked goods.
A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
“loose bun; messy bun; tight bun”
A newbie.
A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
Verb 1 meaning
To form (the hair) into a bun.
Etymology
From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”).
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BUN at a glance
BUN has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,443 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -BUN
More endings- HONEYBUN16
- TABUN7
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