Yes. BA is a valid word.
BA is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
BA is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About BA
Ancient Egyptians pictured the ba as a bird with a human head, flying from the tomb by day. In play, BA turns into BAA, BAD, BAG, BAH, BAM, BAN, BAP, BAR, BAS, BAT and BAY with one more tile.
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BA scores 4 points
Before any bonus squares: B 3 + A 1 = 4. On a double-word square that's 8, on a triple-word 12, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: BA as the first play
Later in the game, put the B on a 3L square and BA is worth 10 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
After BA (13):
Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.
Longer words from BA
Other forms of BA (1):
Words that start with BA:
- BAAL
- BAASform of BAA: the cry made by sheep
- BABAa small cake leavened with yeast
- BABEa very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- BABUused as a Hindi courtesy title
- BABYa very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
- BACHlead a bachelor's existence
- BACKin or to or toward a former location
Change one tile
Swap any one letter of BA and these are still words:
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
BA is the Egyptian soul, pictured as a bird with a human head. Its partner is KA, the spirit double: both Egyptian, both end in A.
On these lists
Other two-letter words starting with B
Check words at the table, free
Tileside keeps score, checks words like this one during a challenge, tracks the tiles left in the bag and times turns. It runs in your phone's browser with no account and works offline.
Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins. Playing the international (Collins) list? Turn on its 20 extra two-letter words in Setup.
Word list: NASPA Word List 2023, used under license. NASPA Word List 2023 Edition © NASPA 2023. The copy included in this app is licensed for personal use. You may not use it for any commercial purposes.
Works with the Scrabble board game, played at the table. Tileside is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Scrabble.