BANDIT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BANDIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANDIT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANDIT is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANDIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANDIT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BANDIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does BANDIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A robber, especially one of an armed gang that attacks travellers in lonely places.
The word reached English through Italian and means an outlaw, someone put outside the protection of the law. Stories of bandits often set them in mountain passes, forests and borderlands where officials had little reach. Pilots have used it for an enemy aircraft, and gamblers call a slot machine a one-armed bandit because it takes money so reliably. Some folk tales turn the bandit into a hero who robs the rich.
How BANDIT is used
Common in stories and news about lawlessness; also in the slang phrase one-armed bandit.
- A bandit stopped the coach on the mountain road.
- The bandit hid in the hills for years.
- Villagers told tales of a bandit who gave to the poor.
- He lost his savings to a one-armed bandit.
- The film follows a bandit and the officer who hunts him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANDIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANDIT
7 longer words begin with BANDIT.
Shorter words from the letters in BANDIT
Showing 40 of 70. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about BANDIT
- Is BANDIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANDIT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANDIT worth?
- BANDIT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANDIT mean?
- A robber, especially one of an armed gang that attacks travellers in lonely places.
- What letters can be added to BANDIT?
- BANDIT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BANDIT:
Open BANDIT in the Word Finder