BAA is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BAA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAA is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BAA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does BAA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The sound a sheep makes.
Baa is one of a small set of English words that are simply a noise written down, and the spelling has been steady since the sixteenth century. Other languages hear the same animal quite differently — the vowel changes at almost every border.
How BAA is used
Noun and verb: a baa, the sheep baas.
- A baa from the far field and nothing else.
- The sheep baaed until somebody opened the gate.
- The word baa has been spelled that way since the 1500s.
- Two baas and a long silence.
- Every language writes the baa of a sheep differently.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAA
The 3 tiles of BAA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAA
18 longer words begin with BAA.
Words with BAA inside
2 words contain BAA in the middle. Words that start with BAA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAA
Common questions about BAA
- Is BAA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAA worth?
- BAA is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAA mean?
- The sound a sheep makes.
- What letters can be added to BAA?
- BAA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BAA:
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