BASCULE Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What BASCULE Means

noun: a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BASCULE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 S1 C3 U1 L1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In BASCULE

132 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.