BANIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BANIAN 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.
Which word lists accept BANIAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANIAN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
baniansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANIAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BANIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,639.
What does BANIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalIndian English
A loose, lightweight jacket or undergarment of a kind formerly worn in India, adopted by some Europeans as informal dress in hot climates.
A banian was a light, unstructured garment, often made of flannel or cotton, worn next to the skin or as a loose outer coat in the heat of the Indian subcontinent. European traders and officials stationed in India took up the style for its comfort, wearing a banian as informal, at-home clothing when the strict tailoring of European dress was impractical in the climate. The garment took its name from the Banians, a merchant community, and the word travelled into English through centuries of trade contact with India. Descriptions of the banian appear mainly in older travel writing and historical accounts of colonial-era dress rather than in modern fashion vocabulary.
How BANIAN is used
A historical term from Indian English and colonial-era travel writing, now mostly found in older texts.
- He lounged on the veranda in a loose cotton banian.
- Old trading records mention banians sold alongside other cloth goods.
- The traveller described local merchants wearing a plain banian in the heat.
- European residents often kept a banian for informal wear at home.
- The museum's costume collection includes a faded banian from the period.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANIAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANIAN
1 longer words begin with BANIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in BANIAN
Common questions about BANIAN
- Is BANIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANIAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANIAN worth?
- BANIAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANIAN mean?
- A loose, lightweight jacket or undergarment of a kind formerly worn in India, adopted by some Europeans as informal dress in hot climates.
- What letters can be added to BANIAN?
- BANIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BANIAN:
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