BANALITY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BANALITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANALITY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANALITY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANALITY
No single letter turns BANALITY into another word.
How BANALITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BANALITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BANALITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BANALITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being dull and unoriginal; also a trite or obvious remark.
A critic who complains of banality means the work offers nothing fresh. The word also works as a count noun, so one can offer a banality about the weather.
How BANALITY is used
Used to criticise speech, art and writing as stale.
- The film drowned in the banality of its dialogue.
- He muttered a banality about the weather and moved on.
- The banality of the plot disappointed the reviewers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANALITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BANALITY
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Common questions about BANALITY
- Is BANALITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANALITY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANALITY worth?
- BANALITY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANALITY mean?
- The quality of being dull and unoriginal; also a trite or obvious remark.
- What letters can be added to BANALITY?
- No single letter can be added to BANALITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BANALITY:
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