Is BANKS a word?
BANKS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 21 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BANKS is a valid word.
What does banks mean?
noun: English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BANKS: word details
- Pronunciation: BANGKS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so BANKS works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of banks
Shorter words inside banks
Words you can make from the letters of banks.
Solve a whole rack, not just BANKS
BANKS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BANKS mean?
BANKS is a noun. It means: English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
Is BANKS a valid word?
Yes, BANKS is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.