Scrabble and Words with Friends

• BASE is a valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• BASE is a valid Words with Friends word worth 7 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• BASE is a 4 letter word containing the letters a, b, e, s.

Definitions

• base

  noun installation from which a military force initiates operations
  the attack wiped out our forward bases

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• base

  noun lowest support of a structure
  it was built on a base of solid rock

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• base

  noun a place that the runner must touch before scoring

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• base

  noun the bottom or lowest part
  the base of the mountain

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• base

  noun (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
  the base of the skull

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• base

  noun a lower limit

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• base

  noun the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

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• base

  noun a support or foundation
  the base of the lamp

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• base

  noun a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

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• base

  noun 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

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• base

  noun the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
  the base of the triangle

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• base

  noun the most important or necessary part of something

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• base

  noun (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

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• base

  noun the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

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• Base

  noun a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries

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• base

  noun (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

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• base

  noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
  the industrial base of Japan

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• base

  noun the principal ingredient of a mixture
  glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments
  he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green
  everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base

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• base

  noun a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
  a tub should sit on its own base

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• base

  noun (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

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• base

  verb use as a basis for; found on
  base a claim on some observation

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• base

  verb situate as a center of operations
  we will base this project in the new lab

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• base

  verb use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

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• base

  adjective satellite serving as or forming a base
  the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats

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• base

  adjective satellite of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
  baseborn wretches with dirty faces

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• base

  adjective satellite (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
  base coins of aluminum
  a base metal

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• base

  adjective satellite not adhering to ethical or moral principles
  base and unpatriotic motives
  a base, degrading way of life

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• base

  adjective satellite having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
  that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble

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• base

  adjective satellite illegitimate

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• base

  adjective satellite debased; not genuine
  an attempt to eliminate the base coinage

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