BENCH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BENCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENCH?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BENCH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENCH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
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How BENCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BENCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does BENCH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long seat for several people, or a sturdy worktable used for manual or laboratory work.
Bench most often names a long, simple seat found in parks, gardens and waiting areas, built to hold more than one person at a time without individual armrests. In workshops and laboratories the same word names a sturdy table where tools, materials or equipment are used, as in a workshop bench or a laboratory bench. In legal and sporting contexts bench takes on a more specialised meaning, referring collectively to judges in a courtroom or to substitute players waiting beside the field of play. Across all these uses the underlying idea stays similar: a fixed, dependable surface or seat where people gather or work.
How BENCH is used
Common in everyday and technical use alike, and also used figuratively in law and sport for judges or substitute players.
- They sat together on a park bench.
- The carpenter kept his tools neatly arranged on the bench.
- The scientist ran the experiment at the laboratory bench.
- The judge addressed the courtroom from the bench.
- The injured player watched the match from the bench.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BENCH
22 longer words begin with BENCH.
Words ending in BENCH
5 words end in BENCH. Useful as a back hook: play BENCH onto a word already on the board.
Words with BENCH inside
13 words contain BENCH in the middle. Words that start with BENCH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BENCH
Common questions about BENCH
- Is BENCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENCH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENCH worth?
- BENCH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENCH mean?
- A long seat for several people, or a sturdy worktable used for manual or laboratory work.
- What letters can be added to BENCH?
- BENCH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BENCH:
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