BANTENG is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BANTENG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANTENG?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANTENG is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANTENG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bantengsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANTENG scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BANTENG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 274,478.
What does BANTENG mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A wild ox of Southeast Asian forests with white leg markings, kept in a domestic form in Bali.
Male banteng grow dark with age while females stay reddish brown, and both sexes carry a pale patch on the rump. The animal has been tamed in parts of Indonesia, though wild herds are now rare and protected.
How BANTENG is used
Banteng is a zoological term, found in nature writing and conservation reports.
- A banteng stepped out of the teak forest at dusk.
- Conservationists count the surviving banteng each dry season.
- The domesticated banteng of Bali pulls ploughs in the rice fields.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANTENG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANTENG
1 longer words begin with BANTENG.
Shorter words from the letters in BANTENG
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Common questions about BANTENG
- Is BANTENG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANTENG, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANTENG worth?
- BANTENG is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANTENG mean?
- A wild ox of Southeast Asian forests with white leg markings, kept in a domestic form in Bali.
- What letters can be added to BANTENG?
- BANTENG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BANTENG:
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