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Yes. The word bask is a Scrabble US word. The word bask is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word bask is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

BASK,KABS,

3-letter words (7 found)

ABS,ASK,BAS,KAB,KAS,SAB,SKA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AB,AS,BA,KA,

You can make 13 words from bask according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of bask

bask absk bsak sbak asbk sabk baks abks bkas kbas akbs kabs bska sbka bksa kbsa skba ksba askb sakb aksb kasb skab ksab

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Definitions and meaning of bask

bask

Etymology

From Old Norse baðask (“to take a bath”, literally “to bathe oneself”), mediopassive form from underlying baða (“to bathe”) + sik (“oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *baþōną and *sek. Doublet of English bathe.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bäsk IPA(key): /bɑːsk/
  • (General American) enPR: băsk IPA(key): /bæsk/
  • Homophones: Basque, basque (in some dialects)
  • Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk

Verb

bask (third-person singular simple present basks, present participle basking, simple past and past participle basked)

  1. To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
  2. (figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)

Hyponyms

  • (to be exposed to the sun's heat): apricate, sun

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Translations

Noun

bask (countable and uncountable, plural basks)

  1. (countable, collective) A group of crocodiles; the collective noun for crocodiles.

Anagrams

  • kabs

Albanian

Noun

bask m

  1. Basque (person)
  2. Basque (language)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *baHjúš (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰaHȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús. Compare Baluchi باسک (básk), Old Armenian բազուկ (bazuk), Parthian 𐫁𐫀𐫉𐫇𐫃 (bʾzwg /⁠bāzūg⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑːsk/

Noun

bask m

  1. wing
  2. feather
  3. arm
  4. wrist

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “bask”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[3], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 24

Swedish

Noun

bask c

  1. Basque; member of people

Declension

Related terms

  • baskiska
  • baskisk
  • Baskien

Anagrams

  • baks

Source: wiktionary.org