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
9
Scrabble
10
Words With Friends
7
Letters
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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