Is BANGS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANGS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is BANGS worth?

BANGS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to BANGS?

BANGS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

BANGS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points

Yes. BANGS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.

b3a1n1g2s1

PlayableBANGS · 5 letters · 8 pts Scrabble · 11 pts WWF

8points in Scrabble

11points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 58,092odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept BANGS?

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: 29 / 100

29WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.6

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.8%

Our own measure of how useful BANGS is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for BANGS

Front hooks — 1

obangs9

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How BANGS scores

Scrabble b3a1n1g2s1 8

Words with Friends b4a1n2g3s1 11

Face value of the 5 tiles in BANGS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
b	1	2
a	1	9
n	1	6
g	1	3
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.

Words starting with BANGS

bangster11 bangsring13 bangsters12 bangsrings14

4 longer words begin with BANGS.

Words ending in BANGS

obangs9 gobangs11 kobangs14 lumbangs13 probangs13 shebangs14 gangbangs14 headbangs16 jingbangs20 whizbangs27 flashbangs19 whizzbangs37 interabangs14 interrobangs15

14 words end in BANGS. Useful as a back hook: play BANGS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in BANGS

bags7 bang7 gabs7 bans6 nabs6 snab6 gans5 nags5 sang5 snag5 bag6 gab6 abs5 ban5 bas5 nab5 sab5 ags4 gan4 gas4 nag4 sag4 ans3 nas3 san3 ab4 ba4 ag3 an2 as2 na2

Common questions about BANGS

Is BANGS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANGS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is BANGS worth?: BANGS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to BANGS?: BANGS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BANGS:

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