BAT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAT is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does BAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A flying mammal that is active at night.
Bat the animal and bat the club are two different words that happen to match, and the animal one replaced an older English name meaning leather-flapper. The phrase about having bats in the belfry is nineteenth-century and American.
How BAT is used
Countable. The sporting sense is a separate word.
- A bat came in through the window and left the same way.
- Bats navigate by sound and not by sight.
- He batted for two hours and scored eleven.
- The word bat replaced an older name meaning leather-flapper.
- Two bats in the roof is a protected colony.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAT
The 3 tiles of BAT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAT
Showing 24 of 277 words that begin with BAT.
Words ending in BAT
17 words end in BAT. Useful as a back hook: play BAT onto a word already on the board.
Words with BAT inside
Showing 24 of 448 words that contain BAT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BAT
Common questions about BAT
- Is BAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAT worth?
- BAT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAT mean?
- A flying mammal that is active at night.
- What letters can be added to BAT?
- BAT takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BAT:
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