BANDOG is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BANDOG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANDOG?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANDOG is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANDOG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bandogsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANDOG scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BANDOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does BANDOG mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A large, fierce dog kept chained up as a guard, or a powerful fighting dog bred from mastiff stock.
The first half of the word is the old band, meaning a chain or bond, so a bandog was literally a tied-up dog set to protect a house. Writers of earlier centuries used it for mastiffs and bloodhounds, and the term still appears for modern guard animals bred from heavy fighting breeds. It also turns up as a figure of speech for a surly, snarling person.
How BANDOG is used
Old-fashioned in general writing; found in history and in the dog-breeding world.
- A bandog lay chained beside the gate all night.
- The farmer let the bandog loose only after dark.
- No thief dared pass the snarling bandog.
- In the old tale the bandog broke its chain.
- A heavy bandog guarded the walled yard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANDOG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANDOG
1 longer words begin with BANDOG.
Shorter words from the letters in BANDOG
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Common questions about BANDOG
- Is BANDOG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANDOG, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANDOG worth?
- BANDOG is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANDOG mean?
- A large, fierce dog kept chained up as a guard, or a powerful fighting dog bred from mastiff stock.
- What letters can be added to BANDOG?
- BANDOG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BANDOG:
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