BANE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about BANE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A persistent cause of harm, trouble or ruin.
Something described as a bane is a constant source of distress or difficulty, strong enough that it feels almost like a poison working against a person's happiness or success; the word originally meant poison itself before it widened to any lasting cause of misery. It is most often met today in the fixed phrase the bane of my life.
How BANE is used
Somewhat literary or old-fashioned in tone, though the fixed phrase the bane of remains common in everyday speech.
- Traffic on this road is the bane of my daily commute.
- Weeds were the bane of the gardener's existence.
- Debt became the bane of the family's finances.
- Mosquitoes are the bane of every summer evening here.
- His short temper was the bane of the whole office.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BANE
The 4 tiles of BANE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BANE
8 longer words begin with BANE.
Words ending in BANE
13 words end in BANE. Useful as a back hook: play BANE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BANE inside
24 words contain BANE in the middle. Words that start with BANE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BANE
Common questions about BANE
- Is BANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANE worth?
- BANE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANE mean?
- A persistent cause of harm, trouble or ruin.
- What letters can be added to BANE?
- BANE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BANE:
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