Is BASTERS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BASTERS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 9 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BASTERS mean?
Basters is a form of BASTER.
- noun
a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy
- noun
a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches
- noun
a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 7
B (3) + A (1) + S (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + S (1) = 9 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 BASTERS
BASTERS 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.
Anagrams of BASTERS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from BASTERS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- breasts9
- barest8
- basest8
- basser8
- basset8
- baster8
- bastes8
- beasts8
- breast8
- sabers8
- sabres8
- tabers8
- abets7
- bares7
- baser7
- bases7
- baste7
- basts7
- bates7
- bears7
- beast7
- beats7
- bests7
- betas7
- braes7
- brass7
- brats7
- saber7
- sabes7
- sabre7
- stabs7
- taber7
- tabes7
- assert6
- asters6
- stares6
- tasers6
- abet6
- arbs6
- baes6
- bare6
- bars6
- base6
- bass6
- bast6
- bate6
- bats6
- bear6
- beat6
- best6
- beta6
- bets6
- brae6
- bras6
- brat6
- rebs6
- sabe6
- sabs6
- stab6
- tabs6
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