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Is stun a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stun is a Scrabble US word. The word stun is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

S1T1U1N1

Is stun a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stun is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

S1T1U1N1

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S1T1U2N2

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4-letter words (3 found)

NUTS,STUN,TUNS,

3-letter words (6 found)

NUS,NUT,SUN,TUN,UNS,UTS,

2-letter words (5 found)

NU,ST,UN,US,UT,

You can make 14 words from stun according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stun

stun

English

Etymology

From Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien, from Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound, resound, roar, strike with a loud sound, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn, from Proto-Germanic *stunōną, *stunjaną (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Germanic *stenaną (“to moan, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona-, *(s)tena- (“to thunder, roar, groan”) (compare thunder). Cognate with Middle Low German stonen (“to groan”), Middle High German stunen, stunden (“to drive, push, knock, strike”), Swedish stöna (“to moan, groan”), Danish stønne (“to moan, groan”), Icelandic stynja (“to moan”). Related also to Dutch steunen (“to groan; support”), German stöhnen (“to groan, moan”), German staunen (“to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at”), Russian стонать (stonatʹ), стена́ть (stenátʹ, “to moan, groan”). See also Occitan estonar, Old French estoner, French étonner, English astonish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʌn/
  • Rhymes: -ʌn

Verb

stun (third-person singular simple present stuns, present participle stunning, simple past and past participle stunned)

  1. (transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
  2. (transitive) To shock or surprise.
  3. (snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
  4. (intransitive, video games) To enter a stunned state.
  5. (Singapore, military, slang) To confiscate (an unguarded rifle, magazine, piece of equipment, etc.) from an unsuspecting soldier as punishment for neglect.

Translations

Noun

stun (countable and uncountable, plural stuns)

  1. The condition of being stunned.
  2. That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
  3. (Newfoundland) A person who lacks intelligence.
  4. (billiards, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
  5. (science fiction, uncountable) A low-range setting for an energy weapon that will stun its target but not injure or kill it.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • NUTS, Unst, nuts, tsun, tuns

North Frisian

Alternative forms

  • stönje (Mooring)
  • stuun (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian stonda, from Proto-West Germanic *standan, from Proto-Germanic *standaną.

Pronunciation

  • (Föhr-Amrum) IPA(key): [stʊn]

Verb

stun

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to stand

Conjugation


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