What BANANAS Means
BANANAS is a form of BANANA, which means:
- noun: any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
- noun: elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BANANAS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 N1 A1 N1 A1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BANANAS
43 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.
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (7)
4 letter words (13)
3 letter words (14)
2 letter words (6)
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