Definitions for bunkos

bunkos bun·ko

Spelling: [buhng-koh]
IPA: /ˈbʌŋ koʊ/

Bunkos is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in bunkos (bknosu).

Definitions for bunkos

noun

  1. a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
  2. any misrepresentation.

verb (used with object)

  1. to victimize by a bunko.

Origin of bunkos

1880-85; shortened form of bunkum; cf. -o

Examples for bunkos

He cited the operations of bunko swindlers, gamblers and bandits and declared that the city was "wide open."

He tries to tell me that this minin' business is all a bunko game, and that there's a paper out for the boss.

Say, you give me back my eighteen dollars, or I'll——You'll try your bunko game on me, will you?

There were no burglaries, gambling, picking of pockets, bunko swindling or handbook betting.

Pa says he thinks I was cut out for a bunko steerer, and I may look for that kind of a job.

Word Value for bunkos
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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