BAYADERE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BAYADERE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAYADERE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAYADERE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAYADERE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bayaderesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BAYADERE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BAYADERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BAYADERE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BAYADERE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fabric woven with bold horizontal stripes of contrasting colours; also, a Hindu temple dancing girl.
The word came into English from Portuguese by way of French, first for the dancers of southern India. Fashion later borrowed bayadere for striped silks and cottons.
How BAYADERE is used
Found in textile and fashion writing, and in older travel or dance writing about a bayadere.
- She wore a skirt of bright bayadere stripes.
- The ballet featured a temple bayadere.
- A bayadere scarf added a splash of colour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAYADERE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BAYADERE
The 8 tiles of BAYADERE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BAYADERE
1 longer words begin with BAYADERE.
Shorter words from the letters in BAYADERE
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Common questions about BAYADERE
- Is BAYADERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAYADERE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAYADERE worth?
- BAYADERE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAYADERE mean?
- A fabric woven with bold horizontal stripes of contrasting colours; also, a Hindu temple dancing girl.
- What letters can be added to BAYADERE?
- BAYADERE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BAYADERE:
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