BANDH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. BANDH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BANDH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANDH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANDH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bandhsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANDH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BANDH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does BANDH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A general strike or shutdown called across a town, region or whole country in South Asia, usually as a form of protest.
During a bandh shops close their shutters, buses stop running and offices sit empty because a political party or union has called the day out in protest against a decision or policy. The word reaches English from Hindi and stays closest to home in Indian and neighbouring South Asian news reporting, where a bandh can be local to one city or nationwide.
How BANDH is used
Common in Indian, Pakistani, Nepali and Bangladeshi news reporting; rare outside South Asian contexts.
- Trade unions called a bandh to protest the new labour rules.
- Schools stayed shut across the state during the bandh.
- The bandh emptied the usually crowded market by mid-morning.
- Opposition parties organised the bandh after the price rise was announced.
- Taxi drivers observed the bandh and left their vehicles at home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANDH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANDH
1 longer words begin with BANDH.
Shorter words from the letters in BANDH
Common questions about BANDH
- Is BANDH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANDH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANDH worth?
- BANDH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANDH mean?
- A general strike or shutdown called across a town, region or whole country in South Asia, usually as a form of protest.
- What letters can be added to BANDH?
- BANDH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BANDH:
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