BABASSU is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BABASSU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BABASSU?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BABASSU is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BABASSU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
babassusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BABASSU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BABASSU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,527 thousand.
What does BABASSU mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tall feather palm of Brazil whose hard-shelled nuts yield a valuable oil.
The babassu grows in large stands in the north of Brazil, where many families live off its nuts. Its oil is used in cooking, soap and cosmetics.
How BABASSU is used
Babassu can mean the palm itself or the oil and nuts that it produces.
- Workers split the babassu nuts by hand.
- The soap contains oil pressed from babassu.
- A babassu forest covered the hills near the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BABASSU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BABASSU
1 longer words begin with BABASSU.
Shorter words from the letters in BABASSU
Common questions about BABASSU
- Is BABASSU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BABASSU, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BABASSU worth?
- BABASSU is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BABASSU mean?
- A tall feather palm of Brazil whose hard-shelled nuts yield a valuable oil.
- What letters can be added to BABASSU?
- BABASSU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BABASSU:
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