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BASILICA

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What BASILICA Means

  1. noun: an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges“the church was raised to the rank of basilica”
  2. noun: a Roman building used for public administration

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BASILICA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 S1 I1 L1 I1 C3 A1.

Words Made From The Letters In BASILICA

105 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (6)

5 letter words (25)

4 letter words (33)

3 letter words (29)

2 letter words (11)

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