What BASES Means
BASES is a form of BASE, which means:
- noun: installation from which a military force initiates operations“the attack wiped out our forward bases”
- noun: lowest support of a structure“it was built on a base of solid rock”
- adjective: serving as or forming a base“the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats”
- adjective: of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)“baseborn wretches with dirty faces”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BASES 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 E1 S1.
Anagrams of BASES (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BASES
20 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 (5)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (7)
Longer Words Containing BASES
BASES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.