BASHAW is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BASHAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BASHAW?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BASHAW is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASHAW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bashawsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BASHAW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BASHAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does BASHAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A high-ranking Turkish official, and later any person who behaves in a grand, domineering way.
Bashaw is an older English spelling of pasha, the title given to governors and army officers in the Ottoman world. English writers carried it over to people who act like petty rulers, so a bashaw might be a pompous office chief. The word is mostly found in historical books and travel writing.
How BASHAW is used
Historical; sometimes used humorously of a bossy person.
- The bashaw of the province received visitors in a great hall.
- He strutted about the office like a small bashaw.
- A letter from the bashaw ordered the gates to be opened.
- The traveller wrote that every bashaw kept a large household.
- Nobody dared cross the local bashaw.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASHAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BASHAW
5 longer words begin with BASHAW.
Shorter words from the letters in BASHAW
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Common questions about BASHAW
- Is BASHAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASHAW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASHAW worth?
- BASHAW is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASHAW mean?
- A high-ranking Turkish official, and later any person who behaves in a grand, domineering way.
- What letters can be added to BASHAW?
- BASHAW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BASHAW:
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