Unscramble BANCHAN and you get 40 words; BANCHAN itself is not one of them. The best is BACHA at 12 points. Of the shorter words, BACH and CHANNA lead with 11 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BANCHAN by length: 1 with 6 letters, 3 with 5, 10 with 4, 18 with 3 and 8 with 2. The longest answer has 6 letters.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with BANCHAN letters: CHANNA, 11 points.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BACH and CHANNA (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
None of the three games accepts BANCHAN itself. Its letters still make 40 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANCHAN itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 40) | 27 | 40 | 24 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 13 of them: BACHA, NACH, ABAC, ACH, CABA, CHA, BAC, CH, CANN, HAN, CAA, ANAN and 1 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: CHANNA, CHANA and BANC.