bake: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with B · ends with E
Meaning of bake
verb
- ditransitive, intransitive, transitive
To cook using an oven, especially baked goods. To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
Example: I baked a delicious cherry pie.
- intransitive
To cook using an oven, especially baked goods. To be cooked in an oven.
Example: The cake baked at 350°F.
- intransitive
To cook using an oven, especially baked goods. To regularly prepare baked goods.
Example: In some cultures, it is expected that a proper housewife should bake.
- figuratively, intransitive, slang
To cook using an oven, especially baked goods. To smoke marijuana.
Listed forms: bakes, baking, baked, book, baken.
Source: Wiktionary — bake.
noun
The act of cooking food by baking.
- Australia, New-Zealand, UK, especially
Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.
Any food item that is baked, such as a pastry.
Example: bake pan
- US
A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.
Example: an oyster bake on the shore
Listed forms: bakes.
Source: Wiktionary — bake.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for bake.
verb
heat by a natural force
verb
be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bake in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bake
B(3) + A(1) + K(5) + E(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of bake
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from bake
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in bake. Showing up to 24, longest first.