BECALM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BECALM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BECALM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BECALM is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BECALM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
becalmsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BECALM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BECALM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does BECALM mean in Scrabble?
verb
nautical
To leave a sailing ship unable to move because there is no wind.
In sailing, a ship that is becalmed drifts in place with slack sails until a breeze returns. The word was borrowed into everyday speech for any project or life that stalls for lack of momentum. A rarer older sense, to make calm, appears in some literary writing.
How BECALM is used
Usually met in the passive, as in the ship was becalmed.
- A windless week can becalm even a large schooner.
- The fleet was left to becalm off the coast for days.
- Fog and silence seemed to becalm the whole harbour.
- The merchant feared the doldrums would becalm his cargo.
- Poets sometimes use becalm to mean soothe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BECALM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BECALM
The 6 tiles of BECALM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BECALM
3 longer words begin with BECALM.
Shorter words from the letters in BECALM
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Common questions about BECALM
- Is BECALM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BECALM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BECALM worth?
- BECALM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BECALM mean?
- To leave a sailing ship unable to move because there is no wind.
- What letters can be added to BECALM?
- BECALM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BECALM:
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