Is TUN a Scrabble word?
Yes. TUN is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
Noun 4 meanings
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
A fermenting vat.
Synonym of long ton: a unit of mass equal to 2240 pounds, 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
Synonym of ton: any extremely or excessively large amount.
Verb 1 meaning
To put into tuns, or casks.
Etymology
From Middle English tunne, tonne (“cask, barrel”), from Old English tunne (“tun, cask, barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna, probably of Gaulish origin.
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TUN at a glance
TUN has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (T 1 + U 1 + N 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #29,403 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -TUN
More endings- STUN4
- JOTUN12
- PANTUN8
- ASTUN5
- PULTUN8
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