BEDLAM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BEDLAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEDLAM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEDLAM is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEDLAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEDLAM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEDLAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about BEDLAM
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BEDLAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A scene of noisy uproar and confusion in which nobody seems to be in control.
The word began as a shortened form of Bethlehem, the name of a London hospital that housed people with mental illness, and its crowded wards gave the word its modern meaning of chaos. Today it has lost any medical link and describes crowded stations, rowdy classrooms and chaotic news days. Writers often pair bedlam with break out or reign.
How BEDLAM is used
Common in everyday and journalistic English; used for loud disorder, not for any medical condition.
- Bedlam broke out when the doors of the shop opened on the first day of the sale.
- The teacher returned to find the room in complete bedlam.
- Amid the bedlam of the market she could not hear her own name.
- Bedlam followed the announcement that the match was cancelled.
- The editor feared a bedlam of calls once the story was published.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEDLAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEDLAM
The 6 tiles of BEDLAM in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with BEDLAM
9 longer words begin with BEDLAM.
Shorter words from the letters in BEDLAM
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Common questions about BEDLAM
- Is BEDLAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEDLAM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEDLAM worth?
- BEDLAM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEDLAM mean?
- A scene of noisy uproar and confusion in which nobody seems to be in control.
- What letters can be added to BEDLAM?
- BEDLAM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEDLAM:
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