BEATH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. BEATH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BEATH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEATH is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEATH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beathsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEATH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BEATH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does BEATH mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicdialect
To dry or harden unseasoned wood by exposing it to heat, or to bathe something with warmth.
The word turns up in older poetry, most famously in Spenser, where to beath a spear shaft meant to warm and stiffen the wood before use. Craftsmen used the same process on green timber long before kiln drying existed, holding it near a fire until the sap dried and the wood stopped warping. The sense of bathing or warming survives only in this specialised, craft-related use.
How BEATH is used
Archaic; found in old poetry and in descriptions of traditional woodworking rather than in modern speech.
- The carpenter would beath the young ash pole before shaping it into a handle.
- Spenser writes of a spear that was beathed by the fire before the battle.
- To beath green wood took patience, since scorching ruined the grain.
- The old manual explains how to beath timber slowly over low coals.
- She read that villagers used to beath rods to make them supple for basket weaving.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEATH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEATH
The 5 tiles of BEATH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BEATH
3 longer words begin with BEATH.
Shorter words from the letters in BEATH
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Common questions about BEATH
- Is BEATH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BEATH is not in it.
- How many points is BEATH worth?
- BEATH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEATH mean?
- To dry or harden unseasoned wood by exposing it to heat, or to bathe something with warmth.
- What letters can be added to BEATH?
- BEATH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BEATH:
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