Yes, bunt is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance

2. To strike, thrust or shove against

Noun

1. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

2. Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores

3. Similar to Tilletia caries

4. Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores