Words Containing BASCU

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing BASCU?

VERBASCUMS is worth 19 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are VERBASCUM (18), BASCULES (12), BASCULE (11).

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How often does BASCU appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 4 words containing BASCU. Most are 7 letters long, they average 15 points and the best is VERBASCUMS (19 points).

Total words: 4
Most common length: 7 letters; 1 words
Average Scrabble score: 15; out of 19 max
Longest word: VERBASCUMS; 10 letters
Most common ending: S; 50% of words

Most common last letters

s 50%
e 25%
m 25%

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing BASCU

v ₄e ₁r ₁b ₃a ₁s ₁c ₃u ₁m ₃s ₁

V 4 + E 1 + R 1 + B 3 + A 1 + S 1 + C 3 + U 1 + M 3 + S 1 = 19 points

Double word: 38 pts
Triple word: 57 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

verbascums

Form of verbascum

noungenus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves

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