Definition of basketball

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • basketball is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 18
  • basketball is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 18
  • basketball is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 22

Definition of basketball


  • a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. basketball game
    2. hoops
  • an inflated ball used in playing basketball (noun)

See definition of basketball in Merriam Webster