POSTBASE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POSTBASE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POSTBASE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSTBASE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSTBASE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
postbasesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POSTBASE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POSTBASE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POSTBASE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POSTBASE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A morpheme added after a word base as a suffix to form a new word.
A postbase is a linguistics term, and it is especially associated with descriptions of Yupik and other Eskimo-Aleut languages, where long words are built from a root plus a chain of endings. It is a narrower label than the general word "suffix".
How POSTBASE is used
Postbase is used in grammatical descriptions rather than in everyday speech.
- Each postbase adds a shade of meaning to the root.
- The grammar lists every postbase with its function.
- A single postbase can turn a noun into a verb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSTBASE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POSTBASE
1 longer words begin with POSTBASE.
Shorter words from the letters in POSTBASE
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Common questions about POSTBASE
- Is POSTBASE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSTBASE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSTBASE worth?
- POSTBASE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSTBASE mean?
- A morpheme added after a word base as a suffix to form a new word.
- What letters can be added to POSTBASE?
- POSTBASE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POSTBASE:
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