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Is bastard a Scrabble word?

Yes, bastard is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of bastard?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.Examples: "Jarrod: Who are you? Heath: Your father’s bastard son."Synonyms: love child, born in the vestry, illegitimatecountabledateduncountable

2. (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, usually referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.Examples: "Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person."; "You sick bastard!"; "Don't be such a bastard already!"Synonyms: son of a bitch, arsehole, asshole, arsehole, ass, assface, asshat, assholecountablederogatoryoffensiveuncountableusuallyvulgar

3. (endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.Examples: "lucky bastard"; "funny bastard"; "Get over here, you old bastard!"countableendearinghumorousuncountable

4. (often preceded by ‘poor’) A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.Examples: "Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him."; "These poor bastards started out life probably in bad or broken homes."countableuncountable

5. (informal) A child who does not know its father.countableinformaluncountable

6. (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.Examples: "Life can be a real bastard."countableinformaluncountable

adj (English)

1. Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).Examples: "Of what race could these people be? Their language was a bastard Arabic, and yet they were not Arabs; I was quite sure of that."

2. (UK, Ireland, vulgar) Very unpleasant.Examples: "I’ve got a bastard headache."IrelandUKvulgar

3. (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

4. (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.Examples: "A bastard orange gel produces predominantly orange light with undertones of blue."

intj (English)

1. (rare) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.Examples: "Jack says, “Oh! Bastard! I’m hit!” That bullet had to have come in the busted back window and how it missed Johnnie to hit Jack I don’t know."; "“Yes, I’m hhhhowwwwwwcch!” she yelped as she stubbed her toe against the bedpost. “Shit, shit, fuck, bastard, shit, crap!”"; "“Isn’t she lovely?” Clem asks, hopefully rhetorically. “Oh, bastard. I’ve got to go—that’s my signal. […]”"rare

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To bastardize.Examples: "After her husband's death she was matter of tragedy , having lived to see her brother beheaded , and her two sons deposed from the crown , bastarded in their blood"obsolete

This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "bastard"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "bastard"?

Scrabble
10 points
B3
A1
S1
T1
A1
R1
D2
Words With Friends
11 points
B4
A1
S1
T1
A1
R1
D2

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