spunk

spunk is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
2. noun. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.
3. noun. the courage to carry on

   "he kept fighting on pure spunk"

   "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

   Synonyms: heart, mettle, nerve

4. noun. material for starting a fire

   Synonyms: kindling, punk, tinder, touchwood

Synonyms

heart, mettle, nerve, kindling, punk, tinder, touchwood

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spunk:

punks

Common word forms

spunks, spunked, spunking, spunkless

Words from these letters

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