Bengal

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A historical region of the Indian subcontinent whose eastern portion is now Bangladesh and whose western portion forms the Indian state of West Bengal.

“The partition of Bengal in 1947 had profound and lasting consequences for millions of people.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

ben·gal

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Synonyms

tiger

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Wordle

Ends in AL, a common suffix, the ENG cluster at the start is a useful pattern to recognise

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points, as a proper noun it is not valid in standard Scrabble, but useful in Word Challenge contexts

Words Related to Bengal

Anagrams of Bengal

Words that use exactly the same letters as “bengal”.

bangle

Words you can make from Bengal

Shorter words formed from the letters in “bengal”.

agnel angel angle bagel bagle bagne bange began belga gable galbe galen genal glean gleba lagen leban nable nagel abel able agen albe alen

Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “bengal”.

bangled bangles belgian bengali bengals

Longer words starting with Bengal

Words that begin with “bengal”.

bengali bengals

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