Is BAPTISES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BAPTISES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BAPTISES mean?
Baptises is a form of BAPTISE.
- verb
administer baptism to
“The parents had the child baptized”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
8
Letters
B (3) + A (1) + P (3) + T (1) + I (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 12 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BAPTISES
BAPTISES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BAPTISES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- baptise11
- pasties9
- patsies9
- petsais9
- tapises9
- basest8
- basset8
- bastes8
- beasts8
- biases8
- pastes8
- pastie8
- pastis8
- petsai8
- pietas8
- pistes8
- sepias8
- spaits8
- spates8
- spites8
- stapes8
- stipes8
- baps8
- abets7
- apses7
- apsis7
- aspis7
- baits7
- bases7
- basis7
- bassi7
- baste7
- basts7
- bates7
- beast7
- beats7
- bests7
- betas7
- bises7
- bites7
- isbas7
- paise7
- pases7
- passe7
- paste7
- pasts7
- pates7
- peats7
- pests7
- pieta7
- piste7
- pitas7
- sabes7
- sepia7
- septa7
- septs7
- sipes7
- spaes7
- spait7
- spate7
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