BENDY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BENDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENDY?
| 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 BENDY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENDY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bendysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BENDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BENDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does BENDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Easily bent; flexible or full of curves.
Bendy is an informal word for anything that flexes readily instead of staying rigid, from a drinking straw to a length of wire. It is also used, especially in British English, to describe a road with many curves, and appears in the compound bendy bus for a long, hinged vehicle that bends in the middle.
How BENDY is used
Informal, chiefly British; common in everyday speech about flexible objects and winding roads.
- The toy came with a bendy plastic figure that could twist into any pose.
- A bendy straw made it easier for the child to drink from the cup.
- The mountain road grew narrow and bendy near the summit.
- She bought a bendy phone case that could survive a drop.
- City buses on that route are the long, bendy kind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BENDY
1 longer words begin with BENDY.
Shorter words from the letters in BENDY
Common questions about BENDY
- Is BENDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENDY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENDY worth?
- BENDY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENDY mean?
- Easily bent; flexible or full of curves.
- What letters can be added to BENDY?
- BENDY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BENDY:
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