BASK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BASK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BASK?
| 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 BASK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BASK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BASK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does BASK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To lie in warmth and enjoy it.
Bask came from an Old Norse verb meaning to bathe, and English narrowed it to warmth rather than water. The figurative use, about basking in praise, arrived within a century of the literal one.
How BASK is used
Basked, basking. Usually bask in.
- The cat basked on the one warm flagstone.
- The word bask once meant to bathe.
- They basked in the result for about a fortnight.
- A lizard basks before it can move properly.
- Basking in praise is nearly as old a use as the literal one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BASK
The 4 tiles of BASK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BASK
21 longer words begin with BASK.
Words ending in BASK
1 words end in BASK. Useful as a back hook: play BASK onto a word already on the board.
Words with BASK inside
10 words contain BASK in the middle. Words that start with BASK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BASK
Common questions about BASK
- Is BASK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASK worth?
- BASK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASK mean?
- To lie in warmth and enjoy it.
- What letters can be added to BASK?
- BASK takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BASK:
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