KILOBASE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. KILOBASE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KILOBASE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KILOBASE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KILOBASE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kilobasesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KILOBASE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in KILOBASE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so KILOBASE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about KILOBASE
- All 8 letters of KILOBASE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KILOBASE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of length for DNA or RNA equal to one thousand base pairs or bases.
Geneticists quote the size of genes and fragments in kilobases, because writing the raw number of bases would be unwieldy. A typical human gene runs to tens of kilobases.
How KILOBASE is used
Used in genetics and molecular biology, often abbreviated kb.
- The plasmid insert was about two kilobase pairs long.
- A kilobase of sequence was read in a single run.
- The gene spans several kilobase units on the chromosome.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KILOBASE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KILOBASE
1 longer words begin with KILOBASE.
Shorter words from the letters in KILOBASE
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Common questions about KILOBASE
- Is KILOBASE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KILOBASE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KILOBASE worth?
- KILOBASE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KILOBASE mean?
- A unit of length for DNA or RNA equal to one thousand base pairs or bases.
- What letters can be added to KILOBASE?
- KILOBASE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of KILOBASE:
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