BENDAY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BENDAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENDAY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BENDAY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENDAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bendaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BENDAY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BENDAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does BENDAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
printingtechnical
To add shading or texture to a printing plate or drawing by laying down a pattern of tiny dots or lines.
The word comes from Benjamin Day, an American printer who devised a way of adding tone to line engravings with transfer sheets bearing dot patterns. To benday an image was to give flat areas a grey or tinted look without drawing every dot by hand. The same dotted look survives in comic-book art, where benday dots are an easily recognised style.
How BENDAY is used
Technical term of printing and illustration; also used when talking about comics and pop art.
- The engraver had to benday the sky to give it a pale tone.
- We chose to benday the background of the poster in red.
- A craftsman could benday a whole page in an afternoon.
- Some pop artists still benday their panels by hand.
- Before computers, a studio would benday each map by laying sheets over the plate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENDAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BENDAY
3 longer words begin with BENDAY.
Shorter words from the letters in BENDAY
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Common questions about BENDAY
- Is BENDAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENDAY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENDAY worth?
- BENDAY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENDAY mean?
- To add shading or texture to a printing plate or drawing by laying down a pattern of tiny dots or lines.
- What letters can be added to BENDAY?
- BENDAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BENDAY:
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