317 words come out when you unscramble BANISHMENT, starting with BANISHMENT itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. BASHMENT and IMBATHES are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from BANISHMENT split into 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2. None has 9 letters.
BEAMISH and IMBATHE share the top score of 14 among the 7-letter words made with BANISHMENT letters. AMBIENT, INMATES and ANTHEMS are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BANISHMENT, BIMAHS leads with 13 points, then ANTHEM and ASHMEN on 11. ABSENT, HABITS and INMATE are the familiar ones.
BIMAH scores highest among the 5-letter words from BANISHMENT at 12 points, ahead of BAHTS and BAITH on 10. HINTS, SHAME and SHINE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with BANISHMENT letters, the top score is 9, reached by 22. HITS, HEAT and BATH are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BANISHMENT; 5 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, MAN and MEN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of BANISHMENT for another and you can spell these 3 words:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BEAMISH (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BANISHMENT works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANISHMENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 250 | 316 | 228 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BASHMENT, IMBATHES, IMBATHE, ANTHEMIS, HEMINAS, BEATHS, HEMINA, MANEHS, MEATHS, MEITHS, NEBISH, SMEATH and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HITMAN, HITMEN, BINMAN, BINMEN, MANEBS, MENSH, ASHINE, BISH, HAINTS, HIMS, MANEB, SHENAI and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
Each word below uses all the letters of BANISHMENT and one more.