RATSBANE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RATSBANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RATSBANE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RATSBANE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RATSBANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ratsbanesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RATSBANE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RATSBANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RATSBANE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RATSBANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Poison used to kill rats, especially white arsenic.
Ratsbane is the old household name for arsenic trioxide, and it turns up in detective stories and historical accounts of poisonings. Bane here carries its old meaning of killer.
How RATSBANE is used
Appears mostly in historical writing and crime fiction.
- The cellar was dusted with ratsbane.
- In the novel, the victim was given ratsbane in his tea.
- The grocer kept ratsbane on a high shelf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RATSBANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RATSBANE
The 8 tiles of RATSBANE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RATSBANE
1 longer words begin with RATSBANE.
Shorter words from the letters in RATSBANE
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Common questions about RATSBANE
- Is RATSBANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RATSBANE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RATSBANE worth?
- RATSBANE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RATSBANE mean?
- Poison used to kill rats, especially white arsenic.
- What letters can be added to RATSBANE?
- RATSBANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RATSBANE:
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