pun

/pən/ nounverb
3 letters1 syllable5 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
NOUN
1

A humorous play on words.

“I do it for the pun of it”

“his constant punning irritated her”

VERB
1

Make a play on words.

“Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning”

WORD FORMS
Related formpunster
Related formpunning
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®5 points
Words With Friends®8 points
Double word10 points
Triple word15 points
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Starts & ends withP … N
Syllablespun
SYNONYMS & RELATED4
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