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Is basting a Scrabble word?

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

B3A1S1T1I1N1G2

Is basting a Scrabble UK word?

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

B3A1S1T1I1N1G2

Is basting a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word basting is a Words With Friends word. The word basting is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4A1S1T1I1N2G3

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7-letter words (1 found)

BASTING,

6-letter words (8 found)

BASING,BATING,GAINST,GIANTS,NGATIS,SATING,TANGIS,TASING,

5-letter words (35 found)

ABSIT,AGIST,ANGST,ANTIS,BAITS,BANGS,BANTS,BASIN,BASTI,BINGS,BINTS,GAINS,GAITS,GANTS,GIANT,GNATS,NABIS,NATIS,NGATI,SABIN,SAINT,SATIN,SIGNA,STAIG,STAIN,STANG,STING,TABIS,TAIGS,TAINS,TANGI,TANGS,TIANS,TINAS,TINGS,

4-letter words (70 found)

AGIN,AINS,AITS,ANIS,ANTI,ANTS,BAGS,BAIT,BANG,BANI,BANS,BANT,BAST,BATS,BIAS,BIGA,BIGS,BING,BINS,BINT,BIST,BITS,GABS,GAIN,GAIT,GANS,GANT,GAST,GATS,GIBS,GINS,GIST,GITS,GNAT,INGS,ISBA,ISNA,ITAS,NABS,NAGS,NATS,NGAI,NIBS,NITS,SAIN,SANG,SANT,SATI,SIGN,SING,SNAB,SNAG,SNIB,SNIG,SNIT,STAB,STAG,TABI,TABS,TAGS,TAIG,TAIN,TAIS,TANG,TANS,TIAN,TIGS,TINA,TING,TINS,

3-letter words (53 found)

ABS,AGS,AIN,AIS,AIT,ANI,ANS,ANT,ATS,BAG,BAN,BAS,BAT,BIG,BIN,BIS,BIT,GAB,GAN,GAS,GAT,GIB,GIN,GIS,GIT,ING,INS,ITA,ITS,NAB,NAG,NAS,NAT,NIB,NIS,NIT,SAB,SAG,SAI,SAN,SAT,SIB,SIG,SIN,SIT,TAB,TAG,TAI,TAN,TAS,TIG,TIN,TIS,

2-letter words (17 found)

AB,AG,AI,AN,AS,AT,BA,BI,GI,IN,IS,IT,NA,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 184 words from basting according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of basting

basting

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪstɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Noun

basting (plural bastings)

  1. The act by which a food item is basted.
    Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.
  2. (archaic) A (physical) beating.

Verb

basting

  1. present participle and gerund of baste

References

  • [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Basting”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • tangibs

French

Alternative forms

  • bastaing

Etymology

From Old French bastir (“to construct”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas.tɛ̃ɡ/, /bas.tɛ̃/

Noun

basting m (plural bastings)

  1. a joist used to carry other planks of wood

Further reading

  • “basting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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