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thunk

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Is thunk a Scrabble word?

Yes, thunk is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of thunk?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (humorous, nonstandard) past participle of thinkExamples: "Who would have thunk those guys would have a problem with a little lie?"; "A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk that the skunk stunk."; "I could think of things I never thunk before ..."form-ofhumorousnonstandardparticiplepast

noun (English)

1. (computing, functional programming) A delayed computation.Examples: "Not surprisingly, a thunk is more expensive to store than a single number[…]."

2. (computing) In the Scheme programming language, a function or procedure taking no arguments.

3. (computing) A specialized subroutine that one software module uses to execute code in another module.Examples: "If the provider of these DLLs has not updated the code to a 32-bit environment, you will have to switch to a new 32-bit library or write thunks between your 32-bit code and the 16-bit DLL."

verb (English)

1. (computing, functional programming, transitive) To delay (a computation).Examples: "Not surprisingly, a thunk is more expensive to store than a single number, and the more complex the thunked expression, the more space it needs. For something cheap such as arithmetic, thunking an expression is more computationally expensive than calculating it immediately."transitive

2. (computing, transitive) To execute (code) by means of a thunk.Examples: "This efficiency is offset by the fact that some of the calls made by Win32 apps must now be thunked down to 16 bits, something that isn't necessary in Windows NT and OS/2."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "thunk"?

Scrabble
12 points
T1
H4
U1
N1
K5
Words With Friends
13 points
T1
H3
U2
N2
K5

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