Is BASILICA a word?
BASILICA is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BASILICA is a valid word.
What does basilica mean?
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”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BASILICA: word details
- Pronunciation: buh-SIH-lih-kuh (approx., 4 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside basilica
Words you can make from the letters of basilica.
Solve a whole rack, not just BASILICA
BASILICA is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BASILICA mean?
BASILICA is a noun. It means: an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges.
Is BASILICA a valid word?
Yes, BASILICA is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.