BANNER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BANNER 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 BANNER?
| 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 BANNER 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 BANNER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bannersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANNER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BANNER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What does BANNER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long strip of cloth or other material bearing a design, slogan, or emblem, carried, hung, or displayed in public.
A banner is typically stretched between poles or hung flat so its lettering or image can be read from a distance, whether it announces a company at a trade fair, carries a political slogan through a march, or marks a knight's allegiance in an old battle. Armies and guilds once used a banner as a visual rallying point, since a distinctive flag could be recognised across a crowded field long before radios or loudspeakers existed. The word has since spread well beyond cloth, so that a banner now also names the wide advertising strip across the top of a web page or the bold headline stretched across a newspaper front page. In looser, informal use, calling something a banner year means it stands out as an especially good one.
How BANNER is used
Common in everyday, historical, and digital contexts, from physical flags to online advertising strips.
- Protesters marched behind a hand-painted banner.
- The knight's banner marked his position on the battlefield.
- A bright banner advertised the sale outside the shop.
- The website displayed a banner across the top of the page.
- The newspaper ran the story under a bold front-page banner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANNER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANNER
11 longer words begin with BANNER.
Shorter words from the letters in BANNER
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Common questions about BANNER
- Is BANNER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANNER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANNER worth?
- BANNER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANNER mean?
- A long strip of cloth or other material bearing a design, slogan, or emblem, carried, hung, or displayed in public.
- What letters can be added to BANNER?
- BANNER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BANNER:
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