BADLAND is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BADLAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BADLAND?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BADLAND is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BADLAND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
badlandsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BADLAND scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BADLAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does BADLAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A dry, barren area where soft rock has been worn by erosion into ridges, gullies and strange shapes.
A badland is poor land for farming and hard to cross on foot. The word is usually met in the plural, badlands, and is linked to dry regions of the American West.
How BADLAND is used
The singular badland is uncommon, since writers usually speak of the badlands as a whole region.
- The path crossed a stretch of badland full of dry gullies.
- Not a single tree grew on that badland.
- Each badland ridge glowed red at sunset.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BADLAND and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BADLAND
1 longer words begin with BADLAND.
Shorter words from the letters in BADLAND
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Common questions about BADLAND
- Is BADLAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BADLAND, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BADLAND worth?
- BADLAND is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BADLAND mean?
- A dry, barren area where soft rock has been worn by erosion into ridges, gullies and strange shapes.
- What letters can be added to BADLAND?
- BADLAND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BADLAND:
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