BENNE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BENNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENNE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BENNE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENNE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BENNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BENNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,024.
What does BENNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyregional
The sesame plant, or its seeds, especially as grown and used in traditional cooking of the southern United States; another name for sesame.
Benne reached English through West African languages carried to the American South during the slave trade, and the word survives today mainly in traditional Southern cooking, especially in benne wafers, a thin, crisp cookie made with toasted sesame seeds. Botanically, benne names the same plant known more widely as sesame, grown across warm regions of the world for the oil-rich seeds it produces. The plant's seeds are pressed for benne oil, once an important cooking and lamp oil in parts of the South, alongside their more familiar use scattered over bread and in candy. Two related spellings, beni and benni, name the identical plant and are treated as variants rather than separate words.
How BENNE is used
A regional Southern American term for sesame, encountered mainly in older or traditional cooking and in the phrase benne wafer.
- The bakery sold benne wafers made with toasted sesame seeds.
- Farmers once pressed benne seeds for their rich oil.
- Her grandmother's recipe called for benne rather than plain sesame.
- Benne plants thrived in the warm coastal soil.
- The market stall advertised fresh benne oil alongside other local products.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BENNE
3 longer words begin with BENNE.
Shorter words from the letters in BENNE
Common questions about BENNE
- Is BENNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENNE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENNE worth?
- BENNE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENNE mean?
- The sesame plant, or its seeds, especially as grown and used in traditional cooking of the southern United States; another name for sesame.
- What letters can be added to BENNE?
- BENNE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BENNE:
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