BANISH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BANISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANISH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANISH is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANISH
No single letter turns BANISH into another word.
How BANISH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BANISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does BANISH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To send someone away from a place, country or group as an official punishment, or to drive a thought or feeling out of the mind.
Banish has two common uses, one legal and one figurative. A ruler or court can banish a person from a land, forbidding a return on pain of penalty, while a person can banish a fear or a memory by deliberately refusing to dwell on it. The word came into English through Old French and goes back to a Germanic root meaning a public proclamation or ban. It is stronger than simply sending away, because it carries the sense of a formal and lasting exclusion.
How BANISH is used
Fairly formal; the noun is banishment and the past form is banished.
- The king chose to banish the rebel leader from the realm.
- She tried to banish the memory of the accident.
- A bright lamp can banish the shadows from a corner.
- The council voted to banish the noisy market from the square.
- Nothing could banish his doubts about the plan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANISH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANISH
7 longer words begin with BANISH.
Shorter words from the letters in BANISH
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Common questions about BANISH
- Is BANISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANISH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANISH worth?
- BANISH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANISH mean?
- To send someone away from a place, country or group as an official punishment, or to drive a thought or feeling out of the mind.
- What letters can be added to BANISH?
- No single letter can be added to BANISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BANISH:
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