BEADSMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BEADSMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEADSMAN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEADSMAN is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEADSMAN
No single letter turns BEADSMAN into another word.
How BEADSMAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BEADSMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BEADSMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BEADSMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A person paid or fed to pray for the soul of another, often a pensioner in an almshouse.
In medieval and Tudor England a rich benefactor could endow a beadsman or two to pray for him daily. Writers use the word to evoke almshouses, chantries and an older piety.
How BEADSMAN is used
Historical; found in literature and history writing.
- The old beadsman knelt at the tomb each morning.
- A beadsman lived in the almshouse by the church.
- The lord paid a beadsman to pray for his soul.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEADSMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BEADSMAN
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Common questions about BEADSMAN
- Is BEADSMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEADSMAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEADSMAN worth?
- BEADSMAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEADSMAN mean?
- A person paid or fed to pray for the soul of another, often a pensioner in an almshouse.
- What letters can be added to BEADSMAN?
- No single letter can be added to BEADSMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BEADSMAN:
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