BASH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BASH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BASH?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BASH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BASH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BASH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does BASH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To strike something heavily.
Bash is imitative and probably a blend of bang and smash or words like them. The British sense meaning a party is from the 1900s, and the one meaning an attempt is later still.
How BASH is used
Bashed, bashing. Also a noun in two senses.
- They bashed the door until the frame gave.
- The word bash is probably a blend of two others.
- A bash meaning a party is British and Edwardian.
- Have a bash at it means make an attempt.
- Two bashes with a hammer and the joint was ruined.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BASH
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with BASH.
Words ending in BASH
7 words end in BASH. Useful as a back hook: play BASH onto a word already on the board.
Words with BASH inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain BASH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BASH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BASH
Common questions about BASH
- Is BASH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASH worth?
- BASH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASH mean?
- To strike something heavily.
- What letters can be added to BASH?
- BASH takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BASH:
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