BASTARD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BASTARD 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 BASTARD?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BASTARD is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASTARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BASTARD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BASTARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What stands out about BASTARD
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BASTARD mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistorical
In older and legal usage, a child born to parents who were not married to each other.
In historical English law a bastard had limited rights of inheritance, which is why the word appears so often in stories about succession and noble families. Modern law prefers the phrase "child born outside marriage", so the term now survives mostly in history and fiction.
How BASTARD is used
Bastard in this sense is now dated and legal-historical, and in current speech the word is more often used as an insult, so it should be handled carefully.
- The king acknowledged the bastard and gave him a title.
- Medieval law barred a bastard from inheriting the family estate.
- The novel follows a bastard raised in the household of a duke.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASTARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BASTARD
The 7 tiles of BASTARD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BASTARD
22 longer words begin with BASTARD.
Shorter words from the letters in BASTARD
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Common questions about BASTARD
- Is BASTARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASTARD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASTARD worth?
- BASTARD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASTARD mean?
- In older and legal usage, a child born to parents who were not married to each other.
- What letters can be added to BASTARD?
- BASTARD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BASTARD:
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