BANCO is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BANCO 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 BANCO?
| 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 BANCO is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bancosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANCO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BANCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does BANCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A call in baccarat, chemin de fer and similar card games by which a player challenges the banker alone for the full amount currently held in the bank, rather than splitting the wager among several players.
A player who shouts banco takes on the banker single-handed for the whole of the current stake, rather than joining several other players who might each risk only a small share of it, so calling banco is a bold, all-or-nothing move within the game. The word entered English gambling vocabulary from French casino terms for baccarat and chemin de fer, games long associated with high-stakes play in European casinos. Fiction and film set in glamorous casino scenes sometimes use banco to add authentic period or continental flavor to a gambling table. Outside descriptions of baccarat and its close relatives, banco rarely appears in ordinary English.
How BANCO is used
A specialist gambling term, used chiefly in descriptions of baccarat and chemin de fer to name this particular high-stakes call against the bank.
- He leaned forward and called banco against the dealer.
- Calling banco meant risking the entire bank in one hand.
- The novel's casino scene ends with a tense game of banco.
- She hesitated before answering the other player's banco.
- Only one gambler at the table dared to call banco that night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BANCO
The 5 tiles of BANCO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BANCO
1 longer words begin with BANCO.
Words ending in BANCO
1 words end in BANCO. Useful as a back hook: play BANCO onto a word already on the board.
Words with BANCO inside
1 words contain BANCO in the middle. Words that start with BANCO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BANCO
Common questions about BANCO
- Is BANCO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANCO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANCO worth?
- BANCO is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANCO mean?
- A call in baccarat, chemin de fer and similar card games by which a player challenges the banker alone for the full amount currently held in the bank, rather than splitting the wager among several players.
- What letters can be added to BANCO?
- BANCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BANCO:
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