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PUNY

4 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What PUNY Means

  1. adjective: inferior in strength or significance“a puny physique”
  2. adjective: (used especially of persons) of inferior size

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PUNY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 N1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In PUNY

8 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (3)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing PUNY

PUNY appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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