What BASAL Means
- adjective: especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem“basal placentation”
- adjective: of or being the essential or basic part“an elementary need for love and nurturing”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BASAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 S1 A1 L1.
Anagrams of BASAL (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BASAL
30 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (10)
3 letter words (14)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing BASAL
BASAL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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