BEDAMN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BEDAMN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEDAMN?
| 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 BEDAMN is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEDAMN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bedamnsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEDAMN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BEDAMN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does BEDAMN mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To curse someone or something roundly, calling down damnation on it.
The prefix be- adds a sense of thoroughness to damn, so to bedamn a thing is to curse it all over rather than once in passing. The word turns up mostly in older fiction and in deliberately theatrical speech, where a character bedamns the weather, the law or a rival.
How BEDAMN is used
Old-fashioned and emphatic; a writer chooses it for flavour, not for everyday speech.
- The captain stood on the deck and began to bedamn the wind.
- He would bedamn the whole committee before he signed that paper.
- Do not bedamn the cook for a burnt loaf when the oven was faulty.
- In the play the old general likes to bedamn anyone who contradicts him.
- She heard him bedamn the stuck gate under his breath.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEDAMN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BEDAMN
The 6 tiles of BEDAMN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BEDAMN
3 longer words begin with BEDAMN.
Shorter words from the letters in BEDAMN
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Common questions about BEDAMN
- Is BEDAMN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEDAMN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEDAMN worth?
- BEDAMN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEDAMN mean?
- To curse someone or something roundly, calling down damnation on it.
- What letters can be added to BEDAMN?
- BEDAMN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BEDAMN:
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