What BAN Means
- noun: a decree that prohibits something
- noun: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
- verb: forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
- verb: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure“Smoking is banned in this building”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BAN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 N1.
Anagrams of BAN (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BAN
4 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing BAN
BAN appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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