STOPBANK is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. STOPBANK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STOPBANK?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STOPBANK is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STOPBANK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stopbanksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STOPBANK scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in STOPBANK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STOPBANK has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about STOPBANK
- All 8 letters of STOPBANK are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STOPBANK mean in Scrabble?
noun
New Zealand
An embankment built along a river to hold back floodwater.
Stopbank is a New Zealand word that most other English speakers would call a levee. Councils maintain them along rivers, and news stories mention them whenever heavy rain threatens to overtop them.
How STOPBANK is used
Chiefly used in New Zealand for flood-protection embankments.
- Workers raised the stopbank before the rainy season.
- The river broke through the stopbank during the storm.
- Cattle grazed on the grassy stopbank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STOPBANK and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STOPBANK
1 longer words begin with STOPBANK.
Shorter words from the letters in STOPBANK
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Common questions about STOPBANK
- Is STOPBANK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STOPBANK, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STOPBANK worth?
- STOPBANK is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STOPBANK mean?
- An embankment built along a river to hold back floodwater.
- What letters can be added to STOPBANK?
- STOPBANK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of STOPBANK:
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