What does DUNK mean?
DUNK is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends.
- Pronunciation
- /dʌŋk/
- Letters
- 4
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Words With Friends score
- 11
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
verb
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate“dip the garment into the cleaning solution”
- make a dunk shot, in basketball“He dunked the ball”
- dip into a liquid while eating“She dunked the piece of bread in the sauce”
noun
- a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
dunks10dunked12dunking13
Anagrams of DUNK
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside DUNK
3 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
Related
Questions
Is DUNK a Scrabble word?
DUNK is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is DUNK worth?
DUNK is worth 9 points with Scrabble letter values and 11 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from DUNK?
3 other words, including UN, NU and DUN.