BASE — 4 letter word
base
The word base has 4 letters: B, A, S, E. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Base has 1 anagram: sabe. As a adjective, it means "debased".
4 letter word "base": B A S E — adjective
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 7
Letter analysis of base
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
2 vowels, 2 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of base
adjective
- debased
- illegitimate Synonyms: baseborn
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble- Edmund Burke" Synonyms: mean
- of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) "baseborn wretches with dirty faces" Synonyms: baseborn, humble, lowly
- serving as or forming a base "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" Synonyms: basal
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles "base and unpatriotic motives" Synonyms: immoral
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal "base coins of aluminum"
noun
- a support or foundation "the base of the lamp" Synonyms: stand
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring Synonyms: bag
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- installation from which a military force initiates operations "the attack wiped out our forward bases" Synonyms: base of operations
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit "a tub should sit on its own base"
- the principal ingredient of a mixture "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"
- lowest support of a structure "it was built on a base of solid rock" Synonyms: foundation
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area "the industrial base of Japan" Synonyms: infrastructure
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained Synonyms: foundation
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed Synonyms: stem
- a lower limit Synonyms: floor
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end Synonyms: home
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment "the base of the skull"
- the bottom or lowest part "the base of the mountain"
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place Synonyms: radix
- the most important or necessary part of something Synonyms: basis
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed "the base of the triangle"
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" Synonyms: alkali
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside Synonyms: nucleotide
verb
- to use as a basis for "We based our movie on the comic book series." Synonyms: found, ground, establish
- to use purified cocaine by burning it and inhaling the fumes "The addict based from a spoon." Synonyms: free-base
- to situate as a center of operations "We will base this project in the new lab."