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baster

/ˈbeɪstɚ/noun

Baster can refer to a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy, a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches, or a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat.

3 meanings6 lettersScrabble 8

Length

6

Scrabble

8

WWF

9

Starts

BA

Ends

TER

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “BASTER” Mean?

/ˈbeɪstɚ/

baster has 3 documented senses across noun.

Noun

3 senses
1

a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy

2

a sewer who fastens a garment with long loose stitches

Synonyms

3

a tube with a rubber bulb used to take up and release melted fat or gravy in order to moisten roasting meat

Synonyms for BASTER

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

6

Vowels

2

Consonants

4

Word Intelligence

Explore the word baster with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy

Length

6 letters

Starts With

B

Ends With

R

Vowels

2

Consonants

4

Letters

B, A, S, T, E, R

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

b
a
s
t
e
r

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for baster.

BASTER is a 6-letter word.
It has a Scrabble score of 8.
It starts with B and ends with R.
It contains 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
Its vowel share is about 33%.
It is an isogram, meaning no letter repeats.
It is not a palindrome.
Letter pattern: ABCDEF.
Vowel/consonant pattern: CVCCVC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using baster in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★☆☆

BASTER has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★☆☆☆

BASTER is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

BASTER can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★★☆

BASTER uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.

Letter Intelligence

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Unique Letters

6

Repeated Letters

0

Highest Value Letter

B

Letter Pattern

ABCDEF

CV Pattern

CVCCVC

Vowel Share

33%

Consonant Share

67%

Bigrams

BA, AS, ST, TE, ER

Trigrams

BAS, AST, STE, TER

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for baster.

BASTER is a 6-letter standard crossword entry.
It starts with B and ends with R, which helps narrow crossword crossings.
It contains 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
Its vowel/consonant pattern is CVCCVC.
Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.

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Word Usage Insights

Practical observations about how this word performs in different word games and puzzle situations.

This word contains 6 letters and is suitable for medium-length word games.
Its consonant/vowel pattern is CVCCVC, making it relatively challenging to recognize.
With a Scrabble score of 8, it offers moderate scoring potential.
The word begins with B and ends with R, making it useful for solving pattern-based puzzles.
Every letter appears only once.

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