BAE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. BAE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BAE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAE is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BAE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does BAE mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
A boyfriend or girlfriend.
Bae spread through social media around 2013 and is usually explained as standing for before anyone else, which is a story invented after the word existed. It is far more likely a shortening of babe, and the invented explanation stuck because it is nicer.
How BAE is used
Countable, and used as a form of address.
- She captioned it with bae and a heart.
- The word bae reached everybody in about 2013.
- He calls her bae and she has stopped objecting.
- A bae in a caption dates the post.
- Bae is most likely a shortening of babe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BAE
5 longer words begin with BAE.
Words ending in BAE
13 words end in BAE. Useful as a back hook: play BAE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAE inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain BAE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BAE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAE
Common questions about BAE
- Is BAE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAE worth?
- BAE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAE mean?
- A boyfriend or girlfriend.
- What letters can be added to BAE?
- BAE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BAE:
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