BADMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BADMAN 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 BADMAN?
| 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 BADMAN 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 BADMAN
No single letter turns BADMAN into another word.
How BADMAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BADMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does BADMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A violent criminal or outlaw, especially the villain of a western story.
Badman pictures a hardened lawbreaker, the kind of gunman who rides into a frontier town and threatens its peace. The word is common in western films and popular history, and it also appears in crime fiction and music. It is two words in older writing, which is why you may see bad man in print.
How BADMAN is used
Informal, popular-culture term; the closed spelling is the one used in word games.
- The badman rode into town at noon with two companions.
- Children played at being sheriff and badman in the yard.
- The film ends when the badman falls from the saloon roof.
- A famous ballad tells of a Mississippi badman.
- He cast himself as a lovable badman in the school play.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BADMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BADMAN
Common questions about BADMAN
- Is BADMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BADMAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BADMAN worth?
- BADMAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BADMAN mean?
- A violent criminal or outlaw, especially the villain of a western story.
- What letters can be added to BADMAN?
- No single letter can be added to BADMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BADMAN:
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