BASIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BASIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BASIC?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BASIC is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
basicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BASIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BASIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does BASIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Serving as the essential groundwork on which everything else depends; elementary, plain, or limited to only the minimum necessary without extra refinement.
A basic skill such as reading or counting underlies everything more advanced that a student later learns, so calling something basic marks it as foundational rather than unimportant. The word also describes plainness or lack of extras, as when a hotel room offers only basic furnishings, meaning nothing beyond the essentials expected by a guest. Chemistry gives basic an entirely separate, technical meaning, describing a substance with a pH above seven that can neutralize an acid, the opposite of acidic. Informal modern slang has added yet another layer, using basic to criticize someone's tastes as unoriginal or overly mainstream, a use quite distinct from the older, more neutral senses of the word.
How BASIC is used
Extremely common across everyday, academic, technical and informal speech, ranging from foundational skills to plain furnishings to chemical pH and casual criticism of mainstream tastes.
- The course covers basic grammar before moving to advanced topics.
- The hostel offered only basic facilities: a bed and a shared bathroom.
- A solution with a pH above seven is considered basic.
- Her friends teased her for having such basic taste in music.
- Every recruit learns basic first aid during training.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BASIC
5 longer words begin with BASIC.
Words ending in BASIC
11 words end in BASIC. Useful as a back hook: play BASIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with BASIC inside
5 words contain BASIC in the middle. Words that start with BASIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BASIC
Common questions about BASIC
- Is BASIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASIC, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASIC worth?
- BASIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASIC mean?
- Serving as the essential groundwork on which everything else depends; elementary, plain, or limited to only the minimum necessary without extra refinement.
- What letters can be added to BASIC?
- BASIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BASIC:
Open BASIC in the Word Finder