BANYAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BANYAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BANYAN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BANYAN is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BANYAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
banyansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BANYAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BANYAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 551,876.
What does BANYAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A large tropical fig tree of India whose branches send down aerial roots that grow into new trunks.
A banyan starts life on another tree, then drops long hanging roots that reach the soil and thicken into pillars, so one specimen can spread over a vast area and look like a small forest. In India it is treated as a sacred and long-lived tree, and villagers often hold gatherings in its shade. The name was first applied by travellers to a trading community that met beneath such trees.
How BANYAN is used
Often appears in travel writing and descriptions of South Asian landscapes.
- The market was held under a huge banyan in the village centre.
- Roots hung from every branch of the banyan like ropes.
- We sat in the cool shade of an old banyan.
- A single banyan can cover several acres of ground.
- Monkeys leapt from branch to branch in the banyan above us.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BANYAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BANYAN
1 longer words begin with BANYAN.
Shorter words from the letters in BANYAN
Common questions about BANYAN
- Is BANYAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BANYAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BANYAN worth?
- BANYAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BANYAN mean?
- A large tropical fig tree of India whose branches send down aerial roots that grow into new trunks.
- What letters can be added to BANYAN?
- BANYAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BANYAN:
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