BANTY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BANTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANTY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANTY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANTY
No single letter turns BANTY into another word.
How BANTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BANTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does BANTY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A small bantam chicken, or, informally, a small but feisty person.
Banty is a shortened, casual form of bantam, the name for miniature breeds of domestic fowl prized for their diminutive size and lively temperament. Farmers and hobbyist keepers use banty casually when talking about these little birds, much as they might use hen or rooster in everyday speech. By extension, English speakers sometimes call a scrappy, energetic individual a banty, especially in the phrase banty rooster, evoking the bird's lively strut. The word is chiefly heard in casual, rural, or North American speech rather than in formal writing.
How BANTY is used
Informal noun, common in North American rural speech; also used figuratively for a small, feisty person.
- The farmer kept a few banty hens in the yard.
- He strutted around like a little banty rooster.
- A banty chick pecked at the seed scattered on the ground.
- Despite his size, the coach was a banty full of energy.
- They sold banty eggs at the roadside stand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BANTY
Common questions about BANTY
- Is BANTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANTY worth?
- BANTY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANTY mean?
- A small bantam chicken, or, informally, a small but feisty person.
- What letters can be added to BANTY?
- No single letter can be added to BANTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BANTY:
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