bank
Bank can refer to a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities, sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water), or an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers. As a verb, bank can mean to do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank, be in the banking business, or act as the banker in a game or in gambling.
Length
4
Scrabble
10
WWF
12
Starts
BA
Ends
ANK
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “BANK” Mean?
bank has 18 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
10 sensessloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
“they pulled the canoe up on the bank”
“he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents”
a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
“he cashed a check at the bank”
“that bank holds the mortgage on my home”
a long ridge or pile
“a huge bank of earth”
an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
“he operated a bank of switches”
a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
“he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo”
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a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
“the coin bank was empty”
a building in which the business of banking is transacted
“the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon”
a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
“the plane went into a steep bank”
Verb
8 sensestip laterally
“the pilot had to bank the aircraft”
enclose with a bank
“bank roads”
do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
“Where do you bank in this town?”
act as the banker in a game or in gambling
be in the banking business
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Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
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Definition
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
Length
4 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
K
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
Letters
B, A, N, K
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆BANK has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BANK is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆BANK can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆BANK uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCD
CV Pattern
CVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
BA, AN, NK
Trigrams
BAN, ANK
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