ban
Ban can refer to a decree that prohibits something, 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova, or an official prohibition or edict against something. As a verb, ban can mean to forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper), ban from a place of residence, as for punishment, or expel from a community or group.
Length
3
Scrabble
5
WWF
7
Starts
BA
Ends
BAN
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “BAN” Mean?
ban has 9 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
5 sensesa decree that prohibits something
Synonyms
100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
an official prohibition or edict against something
Synonyms
a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
“{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': "The ban pre-dates Shannon's use of bit as a unit of information by at least eight years, and remains in use in the early 21st Century."}”
Verb
4 sensesprohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
“Smoking is banned in this building”
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
Synonyms
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Vowels
1
Consonants
2
Word Intelligence
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Definition
a decree that prohibits something
Length
3 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
N
Vowels
1
Consonants
2
Letters
B, A, N
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★☆☆☆BAN has a Scrabble score of 5. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BAN is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆BAN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 3-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆BAN uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
B
Letter Pattern
ABC
CV Pattern
CVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
BA, AN
Trigrams
BAN
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