BASHO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BASHO 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 10 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept BASHO?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BASHO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASHO
No single letter turns BASHO into another word.
How BASHO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BASHO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does BASHO mean in Scrabble?
noun
One of the official sumo wrestling tournaments held in Japan.
Six honbasho are staged across the year, each running for fifteen days, and rank in professional sumo rises or falls almost entirely on results from these events. English-language sports writing keeps the Japanese word basho rather than translating it simply as tournament, since it names a specific institution rather than any contest.
How BASHO is used
Used mainly in sports reporting and commentary on professional sumo.
- The wrestler entered the January basho as clear favourite.
- A win on the final day of the basho decided the championship.
- Fans follow every basho on national television.
- He was promoted after a strong showing at the summer basho.
- The basho drew record crowds to the arena.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASHO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BASHO
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Common questions about BASHO
- Is BASHO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASHO, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASHO worth?
- BASHO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASHO mean?
- One of the official sumo wrestling tournaments held in Japan.
- What letters can be added to BASHO?
- No single letter can be added to BASHO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BASHO:
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