BANDEROL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BANDEROL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANDEROL?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANDEROL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANDEROL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANDEROL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BANDEROL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BANDEROL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BANDEROL
- All 8 letters of BANDEROL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BANDEROL mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A small narrow flag or streamer, especially one attached to a lance or mast.
A banderol may be carried at a ceremonial funeral or fixed to a knight's weapon. In art it can also be a ribbon-like scroll carrying an inscription.
How BANDEROL is used
Found in heraldic, military and art-historical writing.
- A banderol fluttered from the top of the mast.
- The knight's lance carried a silk banderol.
- The carved banderol bore a Latin motto.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANDEROL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANDEROL
3 longer words begin with BANDEROL.
Shorter words from the letters in BANDEROL
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Common questions about BANDEROL
- Is BANDEROL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANDEROL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANDEROL worth?
- BANDEROL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANDEROL mean?
- A small narrow flag or streamer, especially one attached to a lance or mast.
- What letters can be added to BANDEROL?
- BANDEROL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BANDEROL:
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