What does HUNT mean?

Pronunciation
/hʌnt/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
7
Words With Friends score
8
How common
Common

Meaning

verb

  1. pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)“Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland”
  2. pursue or chase relentlessly“The hunters traced the deer into the woods”
  3. chase away, with as with force“They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood”
  4. yaw back and forth about a flight path“the plane's nose yawed”
  5. oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent“The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency”
  6. seek, search for“She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them”
  7. search (an area) for prey“The King used to hunt these forests”

noun

  1. an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

hunts8

Anagrams of HUNT

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside HUNT

9 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

hun6hut6 nth6nut3 tun3nu2uh5un2ut2

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Questions

Is HUNT a valid word in word games?

HUNT is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is HUNT worth?

HUNT is worth 7 points with Scrabble letter values and 8 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from HUNT?

9 other words, including UN, UH, NUT and HUT.