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Is bunt a Scrabble word?

Yes, bunt is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of bunt?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.Examples: "The bunt of the sail was green."countableuncountable

2. (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.Examples: "The bunt was fielded cleanly."countableuncountable

3. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.Examples: "The manager will likely call for a bunt here."countableuncountable

4. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.countableuncountable

5. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.broadlycountableuncountable

6. (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.Synonyms: pepperbrandcountableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.Examples: "Jones bunted the ball."transitive

2. (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.Examples: "Jones bunted."intransitive

3. (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.Examples: "We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the “Bunt Club”, who had successfully bunted their aircraft—that is, carried out the second half of an outside loop. In the Bunt, you pushed the nose down, past the vertical and still further, until you were in horizontal inverted flight, and came out on the other side and rolled it out."intransitive

4. (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.Examples: "The sail bunts."intransitive

5. (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.Examples: "For quotations using this term, see Citations:bunt."rare

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "bunt"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "bunt"?

Scrabble
6 points
B3
U1
N1
T1
Words With Friends
9 points
B4
U2
N2
T1

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