Is HANKS a word?
HANKS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 3 other words, plus 19 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HANKS is a valid word.
What does hanks mean?
noun: United States film actor (born in 1956).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HANKS: word details
- Pronunciation: HANGKS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so HANKS 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 hanks
Shorter words inside hanks
Words you can make from the letters of hanks.
Solve a whole rack, not just HANKS
HANKS 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 HANKS mean?
HANKS is a noun. It means: United States film actor (born in 1956).
Is HANKS a valid word?
Yes, HANKS is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 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.