BASEBORN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BASEBORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BASEBORN?
| 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 BASEBORN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASEBORN
No single letter turns BASEBORN into another word.
How BASEBORN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BASEBORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BASEBORN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BASEBORN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Born of humble parents or of low social rank, or born out of wedlock.
Baseborn belongs to older English, when birth fixed a person place in society. Today it turns up in historical fiction and in quotations, usually with a note of scorn that modern speakers would find harsh.
How BASEBORN is used
Baseborn is old-fashioned and now appears almost only in historical or literary writing.
- The king declared the baseborn soldier unfit to sit at his table.
- In the play, a baseborn son plots to seize his brother lands.
- Medieval chroniclers often sneered at baseborn upstarts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASEBORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BASEBORN
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Common questions about BASEBORN
- Is BASEBORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASEBORN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASEBORN worth?
- BASEBORN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASEBORN mean?
- Born of humble parents or of low social rank, or born out of wedlock.
- What letters can be added to BASEBORN?
- No single letter can be added to BASEBORN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BASEBORN:
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