Is BANEBERRY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BANEBERRY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BANEBERRY mean?
- noun
a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
- noun
a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
18
Words With Friends
9
Letters
B (3) + A (1) + N (1) + E (1) + B (3) + E (1) + R (1) + R (1) + Y (4) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BANEBERRY
BANEBERRY has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BANEBERRY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- yabber13
- beanery12
- abbey12
- barney11
- brayer11
- eyebar11
- nearby11
- baby11
- yearner10
- barber10
- berber10
- nabber10
- barny10
- barry10
- barye10
- bayer10
- beery10
- berry10
- yerba10
- yarner9
- barbe9
- rebbe9
- abye9
- bray9
- byre9
- barren8
- bearer8
- yarer8
- yearn8
- abbe8
- babe8
- barb8
- aby8
- bay8
- bey8
- bye8
- barer7
- barre7
- rebar7
- aery7
- eery7
- eyen7
- eyer7
- eyne7
- eyra7
- eyre7
- nary7
- yare7
- yarn7
- yean7
- year7
- ebb7
- by7
- earner6
- nearer6
- reearn6
- bane6
- bare6
- barn6
- bean6
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