BANDBOX is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. BANDBOX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANDBOX?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANDBOX is to know. It scores 19 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANDBOX
No single letter turns BANDBOX into another word.
How BANDBOX scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BANDBOX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What does BANDBOX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A light round box of cardboard or thin wood for holding hats and collars.
A bandbox once protected the bands, caps, and bonnets of fashionable people on trips. Because such boxes held only neat things, something "out of a bandbox" looks spotless and smart.
How BANDBOX is used
Dated for the object, but the bandbox lives on in the figurative comparison.
- She packed her best hat in a round bandbox.
- The room looked fresh as a bandbox.
- An old bandbox sat on the wardrobe shelf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANDBOX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANDBOX
1 longer words begin with BANDBOX.
Shorter words from the letters in BANDBOX
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Common questions about BANDBOX
- Is BANDBOX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANDBOX, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANDBOX worth?
- BANDBOX is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANDBOX mean?
- A light round box of cardboard or thin wood for holding hats and collars.
- What letters can be added to BANDBOX?
- No single letter can be added to BANDBOX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BANDBOX:
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