BANS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BANS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANS is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANS
No single letter turns BANS into another word.
How BANS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BANS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What stands out about BANS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BANS mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistorical
A public announcement, traditionally read out in church, of a couple's intention to marry.
Before a wedding could take place, a church would read out the bans on several successive Sundays so that anyone who knew of a reason the marriage should not go ahead could come forward. The same word, spelled either bans or banns, is also simply the plural of the verb ban, but the marriage-announcement sense has its own long history in English law and religious practice.
How BANS is used
The marriage sense is mostly historical or found in formal religious contexts; the more common modern spelling for it is banns.
- The vicar read the bans on three Sundays before the wedding.
- No objection was raised when the bans were published.
- Publishing the bans was once a legal requirement for marriage.
- Their bans were announced at the parish church in spring.
- Old church registers record the reading of the bans for every couple.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BANS
The 4 tiles of BANS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BANS
6 longer words begin with BANS.
Words ending in BANS
11 words end in BANS. Useful as a back hook: play BANS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BANS
Common questions about BANS
- Is BANS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANS worth?
- BANS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANS mean?
- A public announcement, traditionally read out in church, of a couple's intention to marry.
- What letters can be added to BANS?
- No single letter can be added to BANS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BANS:
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