BAGNIO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BAGNIO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAGNIO?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAGNIO is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAGNIO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bagniosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAGNIO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BAGNIO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does BAGNIO mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
A bathhouse, or in the East a prison where slaves were kept.
The word bagnio came from Italian, where it meant a bath. In Turkey and the Mediterranean world it named the walled compounds in which captives were held, often built near public baths. In English writing of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was also a polite name for a disreputable house. Today it belongs to historical fiction and to readers of older diaries and novels.
How BAGNIO is used
Archaic; found in historical writing, usually with the bathhouse or prison meaning in view.
- The traveller described a steaming bagnio in the old quarter of Istanbul.
- Captives were locked in the bagnio at night.
- A diarist of the period mentions an evening at a London bagnio.
- The novel opens with a chase through a crumbling bagnio.
- The ruined bagnio is now a small museum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAGNIO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAGNIO
The 6 tiles of BAGNIO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAGNIO
1 longer words begin with BAGNIO.
Shorter words from the letters in BAGNIO
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Common questions about BAGNIO
- Is BAGNIO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAGNIO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAGNIO worth?
- BAGNIO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAGNIO mean?
- A bathhouse, or in the East a prison where slaves were kept.
- What letters can be added to BAGNIO?
- BAGNIO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BAGNIO:
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