Is PUN a Scrabble word?
Yes. PUN 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 To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
Verb 1 meaning
To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
“We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.”
Noun 1 meaning
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
“The pun is the lowest form of wit.”
Etymology
From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of “beating” the words into place.
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PUN at a glance
PUN has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (P 3 + U 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,755 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -PUN
More endings- SPUN6
- HOMESPUN15
- UNSPUN8
- FINESPUN13
- TAILSPUN10
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