Is BANTERINGLY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BANTERINGLY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BANTERINGLY mean?
- adverb
in a bantering fashion
“he spoke to her banteringly”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
21
Words With Friends
11
Letters
B (3) + A (1) + N (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + L (1) + Y (4) = 17 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 BANTERINGLY
BANTERINGLY 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 BANTERINGLY
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- blarneying16
- betraying15
- belaying14
- benignly14
- tangibly14
- rantingly13
- binately13
- abyeing13
- belying13
- braying13
- byrling13
- bantering12
- gannetry12
- layering12
- regality12
- relaying12
- ringlety12
- yeanling12
- yearling12
- yearning12
- bairnly12
- bilayer12
- blarney12
- byliner12
- liberty12
- tenably12
- abying12
- baying12
- bantling11
- berating11
- blearing11
- bleating11
- enabling11
- innately11
- interlay11
- rebating11
- tabering11
- tangible11
- trebling11
- agentry11
- angerly11
- angrily11
- greatly11
- relying11
- retying11
- yarning11
- yealing11
- yeaning11
- bailey11
- barely11
- barley11
- barney11
- baryte11
- betray11
- binary11
- bleary11
- blenny11
- brainy11
- branny11
- byline11
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