Is “Pun” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
PUN
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Pun

/pʌn/

noun
  1. 1.A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

    The pun is the lowest form of wit.

Synonyms: paronomasia, play on words

verb
  1. 1.To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.

  2. 2.To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

    We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.