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Banks

/bæŋks/

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts5 letters
Definition of Banks

noun

  1. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
  2. A branch office of such an institution.
  3. An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.
  4. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
  5. The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

verb

  1. To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

    "He banked with Barclays."

  2. To put into a bank.

    "I'm going to bank the money."

  3. To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

    "Johnny banked some coke for me."

noun

  1. An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
  2. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).

    "the banks of Newfoundland"

  3. A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
  4. The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
  5. An incline, a hill.

verb

  1. To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
  2. To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
  3. To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

    "to bank sand"

  4. To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
  5. To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

noun

  1. A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

    "a bank of pay phones"

  2. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
  3. A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
  4. A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.

verb

  1. (order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.

noun

  1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
  2. A bench or seat for judges in court.
  3. The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc.
  4. A kind of table used by printers.
  5. A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
Anagrams of Banks

No exact anagrams found for "banks". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "banks" and rearranging:

+lblanks
+rbranks
Related Word Patterns
BA...Words starting with "ba"...KSWords ending with "ks"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "banks"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
b3
a1
n1
k5
s1

Total: 11 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Banks
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Related 5-Letter Words
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Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Banks"

Banks is a 5-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Banks" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "banks" is a medium-scoring word.