BANANA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BANANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANANA?
| 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 BANANA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bananasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANANA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BANANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 473,037.
What does BANANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long curved fruit with soft, sweet flesh and a thick yellow skin, or the tall tropical plant that produces it.
Bananas grow in large hanging clusters on tall, palm-like plants that lack a true woody trunk, the visible stem being formed instead from tightly rolled leaf bases. The fruit ripens from green to yellow and is eaten raw once soft, while related starchy varieties, often called plantains, are usually cooked before eating. Banana plants are grown across the tropics and subtropics and are among the most widely traded fruit crops in the world, reaching distant markets thanks to controlled ripening during shipping. The word entered English through West African languages by way of Spanish and Portuguese traders.
How BANANA is used
An everyday word for both the common fruit and the plant that bears it.
- He peeled a banana and ate it on the way to work.
- The market stall sold bunches of green banana still on the stem.
- She sliced a banana into her morning cereal.
- The plantation grew banana alongside coffee and cacao.
- A banana skin left on the floor is a classic slipping hazard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANANA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANANA
1 longer words begin with BANANA.
Shorter words from the letters in BANANA
Common questions about BANANA
- Is BANANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANANA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANANA worth?
- BANANA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANANA mean?
- A long curved fruit with soft, sweet flesh and a thick yellow skin, or the tall tropical plant that produces it.
- What letters can be added to BANANA?
- BANANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BANANA:
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