BANKRUPT is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BANKRUPT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANKRUPT?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANKRUPT is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANKRUPT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bankruptsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANKRUPT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BANKRUPT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BANKRUPT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BANKRUPT
- All 8 letters of BANKRUPT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BANKRUPT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
legal
Declared by a court to be unable to pay one's debts in full.
A bankrupt person or company has lost control of its property, which is then used to pay creditors. As a verb it means to ruin someone financially, and as a noun it names the person declared insolvent.
How BANKRUPT is used
Used in law and finance, and loosely for any serious lack of money or ideas.
- The firm was declared bankrupt after two bad years.
- He went bankrupt trying to keep the shop open.
- The scheme left the town morally and financially bankrupt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANKRUPT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANKRUPT
5 longer words begin with BANKRUPT.
Shorter words from the letters in BANKRUPT
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Common questions about BANKRUPT
- Is BANKRUPT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANKRUPT, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANKRUPT worth?
- BANKRUPT is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANKRUPT mean?
- Declared by a court to be unable to pay one's debts in full.
- What letters can be added to BANKRUPT?
- BANKRUPT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BANKRUPT:
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