BEAU is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BEAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEAU?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEAU is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEAU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEAU scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BEAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about BEAU
- BEAU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BEAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A boyfriend or male admirer, especially in old-fashioned or literary use.
A beau, borrowed from French where it means handsome, is an older word for a woman's boyfriend or suitor. It appears often in nineteenth-century novels and letters and still turns up today in a knowing, old-fashioned way.
How BEAU is used
Dated and somewhat literary; used today mostly for humorous or nostalgic effect.
- Her beau arrived promptly at seven with a bouquet of flowers.
- The novel follows a young woman and her many suitors before she chooses a beau.
- Grandmother still called grandfather her beau after sixty years.
- She proudly introduced her new beau to the family.
- In the old letters, she referred to him only as her beau.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEAU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEAU
Showing 24 of 53 words that begin with BEAU.
Words ending in BEAU
3 words end in BEAU. Useful as a back hook: play BEAU onto a word already on the board.
Words with BEAU inside
7 words contain BEAU in the middle. Words that start with BEAU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BEAU
Common questions about BEAU
- Is BEAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEAU, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEAU worth?
- BEAU is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEAU mean?
- A boyfriend or male admirer, especially in old-fashioned or literary use.
- What letters can be added to BEAU?
- BEAU takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BEAU:
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