What BANKSIA Means
- noun: any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BANKSIA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 N1 K5 S1 I1 A1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BANKSIA
111 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 (19)
4 letter words (41)
ABASAIASAINSAKASAKINANASANISANSABAASBANIBANKBANSBASKBIASBINKBINSBISKIKANINKSISBAISNAKAASKABSKAINKAISKANAKANSKINAKINSNABKNABSNAIKNIBSSAINSAKISANKSIKASINKSKINSNABSNIB
3 letter words (35)
AASABAABSAIAAINAISAKAANAANIANSASKBAABANBASBINBISINKINSKABKAIKASKINKISNABNASNIBNISSABSAISANSIBSIKSINSKASKI
2 letter words (13)
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