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Is banker a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word banker is a Scrabble US word. The word banker is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is banker a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word banker is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word banker is a Words With Friends word. The word banker is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

BANKER,BARKEN,

5-letter words (11 found)

ANKER,BAKEN,BAKER,BRAKE,BRANE,BRANK,BREAK,KEBAR,NAKER,NERKA,RANKE,

4-letter words (34 found)

ABER,BAKE,BANE,BANK,BARE,BARK,BARN,BEAK,BEAN,BEAR,BERK,BRAE,BRAK,BRAN,BREN,EARN,KANE,KARN,KBAR,KERB,KERN,KNAR,KRAB,NABE,NABK,NARE,NARK,NEAR,NERK,RAKE,RANK,REAK,REAN,RENK,

3-letter words (27 found)

AKE,ANE,ARB,ARE,ARK,BAE,BAN,BAR,BEN,BRA,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERK,ERN,KAB,KAE,KEA,KEB,KEN,NAB,NAE,NEB,NEK,RAN,REB,REN,

2-letter words (13 found)

AB,AE,AN,AR,BA,BE,EA,EN,ER,KA,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 88 words from banker according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of banker

banker

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæŋkə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbæŋkɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋkə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

bank +‎ -er, after French banquier.

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

  1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
    • 185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
      I have a good banker in this city, but I would not wish to draw upon the house until the time when I shall draw for a round sum.
  2. The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
  3. (obsolete) A money changer.
  4. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
Hyponyms
  • usurer (offering loans, esp. at very high interest); loan shark (independent, offering loans at high interest); saraf (early modern Middle East & India); shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • bank
  • banking
Descendants
  • → German: Banker
  • → Punjabi: ਬੈਂਕਰ (baiṅkar)
Translations

Etymology 2

From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) +‎ -er (relational noun suffix) or +‎ -er (occupational suffix).

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

  1. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
    • May 20 1815, John Quincy Adams, letter to a merchant
      I think the 584 Bankers may be put down 36,540 tons, navigated by 4,627 men and boys
  2. (UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
  3. (mining) A banksman.
Translations

Etymology 3

From bank (“an incline or hill”) +‎ -er.

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

  1. (rail transport, British, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
Synonyms
  • (railway locomotive): bank engine, banking engine (UK), helper, helper engine (US)
Translations

References

Anagrams

  • barken

Danish

Noun

banker c pl

  1. indefinite plural of bank

Verb

banker

  1. present of banke

Ladino

Noun

banker m (Latin spelling)

  1. banker

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From banke +‎ -er.

Noun

banker m (definite singular bankeren, indefinite plural bankere, definite plural bankerne)

  1. a beater (implement used for beating)
Derived terms
  • teppebanker

Etymology 2

Noun

banker m pl

  1. indefinite plural of bank.
  2. indefinite plural of banke

Etymology 3

Verb

banker

  1. present of banke

References

  • “banker_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Noun

banker

  1. indefinite plural of bank

Anagrams

  • barken

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بانكر (banḱer), from French banquier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ban.cɛɾ/

Noun

banker (definite accusative bankeri, plural bankerler)

  1. banker
  2. (idiomatic) rich person

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org