Yes, banks is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Tip laterally

2. Enclose with a bank

3. Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

4. Act as the banker in a game or in gambling

5. Be in the banking business

6. Put into a bank account

7. Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

8. Have confidence or faith in

Noun

1. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

2. Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

3. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

4. A long ridge or pile

5. An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

6. A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

7. The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games

8. A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

9. A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

10. A building in which the business of banking transacted

11. A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)