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Is banter a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word banter is a Scrabble US word. The word banter is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is banter a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word banter is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is banter a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word banter is a Words With Friends word. The word banter is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

BANTER,BARNET,

5-letter words (6 found)

ANTRE,BRANE,BRANT,BRENT,EARNT,TABER,

4-letter words (33 found)

ABER,ABET,ANTE,ARET,BANE,BANT,BARE,BARN,BATE,BEAN,BEAR,BEAT,BENT,BETA,BRAE,BRAN,BRAT,BREN,EARN,ETNA,NABE,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,RANT,RATE,REAN,RENT,TANE,TARE,TARN,TEAR,TERN,

3-letter words (35 found)

ANE,ANT,ARB,ARE,ART,ATE,BAE,BAN,BAR,BAT,BEN,BET,BRA,EAN,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERN,ETA,NAB,NAE,NAT,NEB,NET,RAN,RAT,REB,REN,RET,TAB,TAE,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEN,

2-letter words (16 found)

AB,AE,AN,AR,AT,BA,BE,EA,EN,ER,ET,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from banter according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of banter

banter

Etymology

1670s as verb, 1680s as noun. The origin is unknown, possibly from London street slang; ostensibly as *bant +‎ -er (frequentative suffix). Possibly an Anglo-Gaelicism from the Irish bean (“woman”), so that "banter" means "talk of women."

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæntə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbæntɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)

Noun

banter (uncountable)

  1. Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
    Synonyms: pleasantry, raillery

Translations

Verb

banter (third-person singular simple present banters, present participle bantering, simple past and past participle bantered)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
  2. (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
  3. (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
    Synonyms: kid, wind up
  4. (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
    • June 1804, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
      If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them.
  5. (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
  6. (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
  7. (UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.

Derived terms

  • Archbishop of Banterbury
  • bant
  • Bantersaurus Rex

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References

Further reading

  • Michael Quinion (1996–2024) “Banter”, in World Wide Words.

Anagrams

  • Barnet, Bernat, barnet

Source: wiktionary.org