Is “Bastardizing” a Scrabble word?

1. 1.To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.

2. 2.To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.

   “The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.”

3. 3.To beget out of wedlock.

Synonyms: mongrelize

1. 1.The act or process by which something is bastardized.