Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
- 2noun
An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.
- 3noun
the courage to carry on
"he kept fighting on pure spunk"
"you haven't got the heart for baseball"
- 4noun
material for starting a fire
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