What BASIL Means
- noun: any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
- noun: leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BASIL 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 I1 L1.
Anagrams of BASIL (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BASIL
38 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 (12)
3 letter words (16)
2 letter words (10)
Longer Words Containing BASIL
BASIL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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