BAND is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAND?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAND is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAND scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does BAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
A group of musicians who perform music together.
A band can also mean a thin strip of material wrapped around an object, or the act of binding things together, senses that come from separate word histories rather than one shared root. In everyday use, the musical sense of band is the most common, referring to anything from a rock band to a marching band.
How BAND is used
Refers to a musical group in most modern everyday contexts.
- The band played three encores before leaving the stage.
- A rubber band held the loose papers together.
- The prisoners' ankles were banded with heavy iron.
- Local bands competed for a spot at the summer festival.
- Workers were banding the crates for shipment overseas.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAND
Showing 24 of 141 words that begin with BAND.
Words ending in BAND
Showing 24 of 48 words that end in BAND. Useful as a back hook: play BAND onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAND inside
Showing 24 of 104 words that contain BAND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BAND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAND
Common questions about BAND
- Is BAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAND, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAND worth?
- BAND is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAND mean?
- A group of musicians who perform music together.
- What letters can be added to BAND?
- BAND takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BAND:
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