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Is scunner a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word scunner is a Scrabble US word. The word scunner is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is scunner a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word scunner is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1C3U1N1N1E1R1

Is scunner a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word scunner is a Words With Friends word. The word scunner is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

CUNNERS,SCUNNER,

6-letter words (2 found)

CUNNER,ENURNS,

5-letter words (11 found)

CRUES,CRUSE,CURES,CURNS,CURSE,ECRUS,ENURN,NURSE,RUNES,SUCRE,UNCES,

4-letter words (27 found)

CENS,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CURE,CURN,CURS,ECRU,ECUS,ERNS,NUNS,NURS,RECS,RENS,RUCS,RUES,RUNE,RUNS,RUSE,SCUR,SUER,SUNN,SURE,UNCE,URES,URNS,USER,

3-letter words (26 found)

CRU,CUE,CUR,ECU,ENS,ERN,ERS,NUN,NUR,NUS,REC,REN,RES,RUC,RUE,RUN,SEC,SEN,SER,SUE,SUN,SUR,UNS,URE,URN,USE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EN,ER,ES,NE,NU,RE,UN,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from scunner according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scunner

scunner

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots scunner, skunner, from Old Scots skunnyr, skowner (“to shrink back; flinch”), from Middle English skoneren (“to feel sick or disgusted”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative of shun. If so, etymologically shun +‎ -er (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English scurnen (“to flinch”), English scare, English scorn.

Verb

scunner (third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnering, simple past and past participle scunnered)

  1. To be sick of.
  2. (Northumbria) To dislike.
  3. (UK, Scotland, dialect) To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at.

Noun

scunner (countable and uncountable, plural scunners)

  1. (Northumbria) Dislike or aversion.
  2. (North Yorkshire, derogatory) An urban youth usually associated with trouble or petty crime; a young chav.

Synonyms

  • charva, charver (Tyneside dialect)
  • chav
  • scally

Further reading

  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

  • cunners

Scots

Verb

scunner (third-person singular simple present scunners, present participle scunnerin, simple past scunnert, past participle scunnert)

  1. to loathe, to feel disgust

Noun

scunner (plural scunners)

  1. disgust, the object of loathing
  2. a disappointment, caused by an unlucky or unfortunate set of circumstances.

Source: wiktionary.org