Scrabble & Words with friends points
- basic is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- basic is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- basic is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of basic
- reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality (adjective)
Examples
- a basic story line
Synonyms
- canonic
- canonical
- serving as a base or starting point (adjective)
Examples
- a basic course in Russian
- basic training for raw recruits
- a set of basic tools
Synonyms
- introductory
- (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant (noun)
Synonyms
- staple
- a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use (noun)
- of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base (adjective)
- pertaining to or constituting a base or basis (adjective)
Examples
- a basic fact
- the basic ingredients
- basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities
See definition of basic in Merriam Webster