Definition of bastille

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • bastille is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • bastille is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • bastille is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of bastille


  • a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution (noun)
  • a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) (noun)

See definition of bastille in Merriam Webster