BAKE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BAKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAKE?
| 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 BAKE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BAKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does BAKE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cook food by dry heat in an oven.
Bake is among the oldest cooking words in English and has held the same meaning for a thousand years. The verb about the sun on hard ground is figurative and very nearly as old.
How BAKE is used
Baked, bakes. Also a noun for a baked dish.
- They bake twice a week and sell what is left on Friday.
- The word bake has meant the same thing for a thousand years.
- She baked it too long and blamed the oven.
- The sun baked the ground until it cracked.
- A bake in the north of England is a dish and not an action.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAKE
The 4 tiles of BAKE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAKE
Showing 24 of 25 words that begin with BAKE.
Words ending in BAKE
10 words end in BAKE. Useful as a back hook: play BAKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAKE inside
17 words contain BAKE in the middle. Words that start with BAKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAKE
Common questions about BAKE
- Is BAKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAKE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAKE worth?
- BAKE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAKE mean?
- To cook food by dry heat in an oven.
- What letters can be added to BAKE?
- BAKE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BAKE:
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