BANYA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BANYA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BANYA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANYA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANYA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANYA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BANYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does BANYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional Russian steam bathhouse, heated by pouring water over hot stones.
A banya is both the building and the ritual that happens inside it: bathers sit in intense steam heat, sometimes beat themselves with bundles of birch twigs, and then cool off outdoors or in cold water. The word passed into English mainly through travel writing and accounts of Russian and wider Slavic culture.
How BANYA is used
Used in English when describing Russian or Slavic bathing customs specifically, rather than saunas generally.
- They spent the evening sweating in a wooden banya by the lake.
- The village banya was fired up once a week for everyone to share.
- He described the birch-twig beating that follows time in a banya.
- Guests were invited to try the family banya after dinner.
- A cold plunge often follows the heat of the banya.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANYA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANYA
3 longer words begin with BANYA.
Shorter words from the letters in BANYA
Common questions about BANYA
- Is BANYA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BANYA is not in it.
- How many points is BANYA worth?
- BANYA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANYA mean?
- A traditional Russian steam bathhouse, heated by pouring water over hot stones.
- What letters can be added to BANYA?
- BANYA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BANYA:
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