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BASTS

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What BASTS Means

BASTS is a form of BAST, which means:

  1. noun: strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants
  2. noun: (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BASTS 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 T1 S1.

Anagrams of BASTS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In BASTS

21 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 (7)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing BASTS

BASTS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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