The word basketball is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • basketball n. (Sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
  • basketball n. (Countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
  • basketball v. To play basketball.

24 valid words from 3 definitions

BALL BASKETBALL COUNTABLE FIVE HOOP IN KIND OF OPPOSING PARTICULAR PLAY PLAYERS PUT SPORT SPORTS STRIVE TEAMS THE THROUGH TO TWO UNCOUNTABLE USED WHICH

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AL ALL AS ASK BA BAL BALL BAS BASK BASKET ET KET SKET

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AB LA LAB SAB TE

3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

BASKETBALLS BASKETBALLER BASKETBALLERS

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S BASKETBALLS

Scrabble scoring

  • 18 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)
  • No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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