BANDERILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BANDERILLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANDERILLA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANDERILLA is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANDERILLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
banderillasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANDERILLA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in BANDERILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BANDERILLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BANDERILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A decorated barbed dart that is stuck into the neck or shoulders of the bull in a bullfight.
The banderilla is placed by an assistant called a banderillero during the middle stage of the fight. The word is Spanish and means little flag, after the coloured paper on the shaft. Outside bullfighting, the term almost never appears.
How BANDERILLA is used
A Spanish loanword used when describing the stages and equipment of a bullfight.
- The banderillero placed a banderilla on each side of the bull.
- A banderilla with red and yellow ribbons lay in the sand.
- He collected a banderilla as a souvenir from the ring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANDERILLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANDERILLA
1 longer words begin with BANDERILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in BANDERILLA
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Common questions about BANDERILLA
- Is BANDERILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANDERILLA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANDERILLA worth?
- BANDERILLA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANDERILLA mean?
- A decorated barbed dart that is stuck into the neck or shoulders of the bull in a bullfight.
- What letters can be added to BANDERILLA?
- BANDERILLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of BANDERILLA:
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