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Bands

b 3a 1n 1d 2s 1

About 1 syllable

noun · verb · 5 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of band

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : valid

What does bands mean?

noun

  1. an unofficial association of people or groups

    “the smart set goes there”

    Synonymssetcirclelot

  2. instrumentalists not including string players

  3. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

    “chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands”

    Synonymsbandingstriastriation

  4. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

    Synonymsbandingstripe

  5. a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

    Synonymsdance banddance orchestra

  6. a range of frequencies between two limits

verb

  1. bind or tie together, as with a band

  2. attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify

    “ring birds”

    Synonymsring

Definitions shown for band, the base form of bands.

Is BANDS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) Yes

How many points is BANDS worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
b 3a 1n 1d 2s 1

Words With Friends

10 pts
b 4a 1n 2d 2s 1

Wordfeud

9 pts
b 4a 1n 1d 2s 1

NYT Crossplay

9 pts
b 4a 1n 1d 2s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BANDS

Hooks for BANDS

Add one letter to the front or back of BANDS to make another word.

Front hooks

abands

Back hooks

None

Words that end like BANDS

Common words that share the ending -ANDS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

handslandsgrandsstandsbrandssandswandsglandsstrandsdemandsexpandscommandsthousandsunderstandsmisunderstandsislandserrandsgarlandsoperandsbackhandsheadlandshighlandshomelandsmainlands
All words ending in -ANDS

Bands: quick answers

Is BANDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. BANDS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is BANDS worth?
BANDS scores 8 points in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends, 9 in Wordfeud and 9 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does bands mean?
bands is the plural and third-person singular form of band, which means “an unofficial association of people or groups”. It has 8 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BANDS?
You can make 31 shorter words from BANDS, such as BADS, BAND, DABS, BAD. See the full list.