BANK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BANK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANK?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BANK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does BANK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A financial institution; also, the side of a river.
The two banks are the same word: a moneylender worked at a bench, and the Italian word for a bench gave English both senses. Breaking the bench of a failed lender is exactly where bankrupt comes from.
How BANK is used
Countable. Also a verb: banked, banking.
- The bank of the river was cut back to widen the channel.
- The word bank comes from the bench a moneylender used.
- They banked the money and lost it anyway.
- Bankrupt means the bench was broken.
- A bank of cloud and a bank of switches use the same word.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BANK
The 4 tiles of BANK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BANK
Showing 24 of 42 words that begin with BANK.
Words ending in BANK
24 words end in BANK. Useful as a back hook: play BANK onto a word already on the board.
Words with BANK inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain BANK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BANK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BANK
Common questions about BANK
- Is BANK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANK worth?
- BANK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANK mean?
- A financial institution; also, the side of a river.
- What letters can be added to BANK?
- BANK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BANK:
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