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BANGS

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What BANGS Means

BANGS is a form of BANG, which means:

  1. verb: strike violently“slam the ball”
  2. verb: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound“One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed”
  3. noun: a vigorous blow“the sudden knock floored him”
  4. noun: a sudden very loud noise

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BANGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 N1 G2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In BANGS

31 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 (6)

Longer Words Containing BANGS

BANGS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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