What BANDS Means
BANDS is a form of BAND, which means:
- noun: an unofficial association of people or groups“the smart set goes there”
- noun: instrumentalists not including string players
- verb: bind or tie together, as with a band
- verb: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify“ring birds”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BANDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 N1 D2 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In BANDS
32 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.
4 letter words (10)
3 letter words (15)
2 letter words (7)
Longer Words Containing BANDS
BANDS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ABANDSARMBANDSBACKBANDSBANDSAWBANDSAWSBANDSHELLBANDSHELLSBANDSMANBANDSMENBANDSTANDBANDSTANDSBANDSTERBANDSTERSBASEBANDSBELLYBANDSBLACKBANDSBROADBANDSBROWBANDSCROSSBANDSDISBANDSFAHLBANDSHAIRBANDSHATBANDSHAYBANDSHEADBANDSHUSBANDSNECKBANDSNOSEBANDSPASSBANDSPLATBANDSPROBANDSRAINBANDSRIBANDSRIBBANDSROBANDSSALBANDSSARABANDSSHIRTBANDSSIDEBANDSSPACEBANDS
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