BANALEO is not a word, but unscramble BANALEO and 95 words appear: the best is ABALONE at 9 points. The best shorter words score 7: 6 of them, NOBLE, BEANO and EBOLA included. 7 letters: 4 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BANALEO split into 1 with 7 letters, 9 with 5, 37 with 4, 29 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 6 letters.
ABALONE is the only one of the 7-letter words made with BANALEO letters; it scores 9 points.
17 of 37 4-letter words from BANALEO tie at 6 points; none scores more. ABLE, LOAN and LANE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of BANALEO for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with AB · ending in NE · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ABALONE (9 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
No. BANALEO itself is not a word in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK or the list Words With Friends is built on, but its letters make 95 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANALEO itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 95) | 81 | 94 | 76 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NABLA, ALBE, BAEL, BONA, BAO, BON, EOAN, LANA, NEAL, NOLE, OB, EAN and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BELON, BEAL, BAE, OBA and NALA, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: EBOLA.
These 3 words take every letter of BANALEO plus a single extra one.