BEAMY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BEAMY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEAMY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEAMY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEAMY
No single letter turns BEAMY into another word.
How BEAMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEAMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about BEAMY
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 BEAMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
nautical
Having a broad beam; wide in proportion to its length, especially of a boat or ship.
Beamy is a nautical term describing a vessel whose width, or beam, is large relative to its overall length, which usually makes the boat more stable but slower and less easily manoeuvred than a narrower hull. Sailors and boat designers weigh this trade-off constantly, since a beamy hull resists tipping in rough water but pushes more water aside as it moves, increasing drag. Away from boats, beamy occasionally describes anything unusually broad or bulky, though this wider use is far less common than the nautical sense. The word combines beam, the measurement of a ship's width, with the adjective-forming suffix -y.
How BEAMY is used
A specialist nautical term describing the width of a hull, met mainly in sailing and boat-building contexts.
- The old fishing boat had a beamy hull built for stability.
- A beamy yacht feels steadier in choppy water.
- The designer chose a beamy shape over a narrow racing hull.
- The beamy dinghy carried far more cargo than expected.
- Sailors often prefer a beamy boat for family cruising.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEAMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEAMY
The 5 tiles of BEAMY in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in BEAMY
1 words end in BEAMY. Useful as a back hook: play BEAMY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BEAMY
Common questions about BEAMY
- Is BEAMY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEAMY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEAMY worth?
- BEAMY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEAMY mean?
- Having a broad beam; wide in proportion to its length, especially of a boat or ship.
- What letters can be added to BEAMY?
- No single letter can be added to BEAMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEAMY:
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