BEADROLL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BEADROLL 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 BEADROLL?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEADROLL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEADROLL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beadrollsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEADROLL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BEADROLL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BEADROLL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BEADROLL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A list of names, originally of people to be prayed for.
Beadroll once named the dead for whom prayers were counted off on beads. Later writers stretched it to mean any long catalogue of names.
How BEADROLL is used
Literary or historical; used for lists of names.
- The priest read from a beadroll of the parish dead.
- His speech was a long beadroll of thanks.
- The beadroll grew longer with every war.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEADROLL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEADROLL
1 longer words begin with BEADROLL.
Shorter words from the letters in BEADROLL
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Common questions about BEADROLL
- Is BEADROLL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEADROLL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEADROLL worth?
- BEADROLL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEADROLL mean?
- A list of names, originally of people to be prayed for.
- What letters can be added to BEADROLL?
- BEADROLL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BEADROLL:
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